Water Is Flowing Through a Pipe with a Constriction

question 83

Multiple Choice

Water is flowing through a pipe with a constriction. The diameter of the narrow section is one-half the diameter of the wide section. If the velocity of the incompressible fluid is 3.20 m/s in the wide section, then what is the velocity of the fluid in the narrow section?

• A) 16.5 m/s
• B) 18.7 m/s
• C) 19.8 m/s
• D) 10.5 m/s
• E) 12.8 m/s

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