Pressure has the same dimensions as:
- AForce per unit volume
- BEnergy per unit volume
- CForce
- DEnergy
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Correct answer: (b) Energy per unit volume
Explanation
Pressure is force per unit area:
- force has dimensions [MLT⁻²] and area [L²], so pressure = [ML⁻¹T⁻²];
- energy (work = force × distance) has dimensions [ML²T⁻²] and volume [L³], so energy per unit volume = [ML⁻¹T⁻²].
The two are the same, which is why pressure can also be read as the energy stored per unit volume of a fluid.