Two what height should a cylinderical vessel be filled with a homegeneous liquid to make the force with which the liquid pressure on the sides of the vessel equal to the force exerted by the liquid on the bottom of the vessel?
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Let h be the desired height of liquid in cylinder for which the force on the bottom and sides of
the vessel is equal
Force on bottom 
Force on walls of vessel = 
According to the question

Or R = h
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