Fluid Mechanics Viscosity Question 93

Question: Water is moving with a speed of 5.18 ms?1 through a pipe with a cross-sectional area of 4.20 cm2. The water gradually descends 9.66 m as the pipe increase in area to 7.60 cm2. The speed of flow at the lower level is

Options:

A)3.0 ms?1

B)5.7 ms?1

C)3.82 ms?1

D)2.86 ms?1

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

$ a_{1}v_{1}=a_{2}v_{2} $ Þ $ 4.20\times 5.18=7.60\times v_{2}\Rightarrow v_{2}=2.86\ m/s $