Physics
Pressure and thrust are :
- vector quantities
- scalar quantities
- scalar and vector quantities respectively
- vector and scalar quantities respectively
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scalar and vector quantities respectively
Reason — Pressure is a scalar quantity whereas thrust is a vector quantity, because pressure is defined in terms of magnitude only, and thrust is defined in terms of both magnitude and direction.
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