Water Is Flowing Through a Pipe with a Constriction

question 49

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 narrow section, then what is the velocity of the fluid in the wide section?

• A) 0.9 m/s
• B) 1.0 m/s
• C) 1.6 m/s
• D) 1.8 m/s
• E) 1.9 m/s