Two or more vessels joined at the base are called communicating vessels.
Suppose we have a U-shaped tube like the
one in the visual (communicating vessels), in which there is a liquid
which reaches different levels in each branch. Do you think that it
could stay that way? Try to think of an answer and write the
justification in your notebook. Compare it with our explanation.
The height of the liquid in the
two branches of a U-shaped tube must be the same, independently of the
shape of each one of the tubes.