One Section of a Pipe Carrying Water Has a Cross-Sectional

question 14

Multiple Choice

One section of a pipe carrying water has a cross-sectional area of 16 cm²; in this section the water has flow velocity of 1.0 m/s. Another section of this pipe has a constricted cross-sectional area of 4 cm². If the flow is steady, what is the water velocity in the constricted section?

• A) 4.0 m/s
• B) 2.0 m/s
• C) 1.0 m/s
• D) 0.50 m/s
• E) 0.25 m/s