solution:

Pascal's Principle: Pressure applied to an enclosed fluid is transmitted undiminished to every point of the fluid and to the walls of the contained vessel.
From this we know that the pressure created by the weight of the human will be transfered to the other piston holding the elephant. Because all we need to do is raise the elephant, not accelerate it, we just need to balance the weight of the elephant.
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