Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 15 - Fluids - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 533: 57

Answer

$7.88\frac{m}{s}$

Work Step by Step

We know that $A_1v_1=A_2v_2$ $\implies w_1d_1v_1=w_2d_2v_2$ This can be rearranged as: $v_2=\frac{w_1d_1v_1}{w_2d_2}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $v_2=\frac{(12)(2.7)(1.2)}{(5.8)(0.85)}=7.88\frac{m}{s}$
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