Water Is Flowing Through a Pipe with a Constriction

question 19

Multiple Choice

Water is flowing through a pipe with a constriction. The area of the narrow section is one-half the area of the wide section. If the velocity of the incompressible fluid is 3.2 m/s in the wide section, then what is the velocity of the fluid in the narrow section?

• A) 6.4 m/s
• B) 5.9 m/s
• C) 5.0 m/s
• D) 4.7 m/s
• E) 4.2 m/s

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