The piston in a master cylinder has a radius of 0.570 in. and the radius of each of the two brake cylinder pistons is 1.75 in.
(a) How much pressure is created in the master cylinder if a driver quickly applies 45.5 lb of force to the automobile€™s brake pedal?
(b) Given the area of the two brake cylinder pistons, what is the force applied to each of the brake drums? (SeeFigure)

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