Given:
Mercury exerts more pressure than water.
Required:
The reason behind mercury exerting more pressure.
Explanation:
The pressure and density are related as
[tex]Pressure\text{ }\propto\text{ density}[/tex]The pressure will increase if density increases.
The density of mercury is 13.5 g/mL
The density of water is 1 g/mL
Thus, mercury exerts more pressure.
Final Answer: Mercury exerts more pressure than water as mercury has more density than water.
