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Included the statement that the barrels nust be open to atmospheric pressure.
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TheAssuming the barrels are open to atmospheric pressure, the simple and obvious answer is the levels must even or just as they would if granular material were placed in the containers - ignoring friction, as the weight of the liquid in the higher-filled containers pushes with more force than the others and that cannot remain in static equilibrium so the result is the even out (thus a function of mass not pressure).

The simple and obvious answer is the levels must even or just as they would if granular material were placed in the containers - ignoring friction, as the weight of the liquid in the higher-filled containers pushes with more force than the others and that cannot remain in static equilibrium so the result is the even out (thus a function of mass not pressure).

Assuming the barrels are open to atmospheric pressure, the simple and obvious answer is the levels must even or just as they would if granular material were placed in the containers - ignoring friction, as the weight of the liquid in the higher-filled containers pushes with more force than the others and that cannot remain in static equilibrium so the result is the even out (thus a function of mass not pressure).

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The simple and obvious answer is the levels must even or just as they would if granular material were placed in the containers - ignoring friction, as the weight of the liquid in the higher-filled containers pushes with more force than the others and that cannot remain in static equilibrium so the result is the even out (thus a function of mass not pressure).