Water Flows in the Horizontal Pipe Shown in the Figure

question 63

Multiple Choice

Water flows in the horizontal pipe shown in the figure. At A the diameter is 5.00 cm and at B the diameter is 4.00 cm The fluid in the manometer is mercury, which has a density of 13,600 kg/m³. The manometer reading h is 4.40 cm. We can treat water as an ideal fluid having a density of 1000 kg/m³. What volume of water is flowing through the pipe per second?

• A) 0.0206 m³/s
• B) 0.0426 m³/s
• C) 0.00560 m³/s
• D) 0.372 m³/s
• E) 0.186 m³/s

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