in the picture. Question A: If the hot water is pumped into a 5.0 cm diameter pipe at 0.60 m/s how fast will it come out of the 2.5 cm diameter shower head? Please answer in m/s Question B: The shower is located on the second floor of the house 5.5 m above the basement water heater pipe. If the pressure at the water heater is 4.0 atm what is the pressure at the shower head? Please
Fluid Pressure
The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.
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Pressure is the physical force acting per unit area on a body; the applied force is perpendicular to the surface of the object per unit area. The air around us at sea level exerts a pressure (atmospheric pressure) of about 14.7 psi but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone as the bodily fluids are constantly pushing outwards with the same force but if one swims down into the ocean a few feet below the surface one can notice the difference, there is increased pressure on the eardrum, this is due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure.
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A house water heater is located in the basement and pumps hot pressurized water into a pipe with a large radius. To account for loss of pressure as the water rises to the higher floors, the pipes are made smaller. This is demonstrated in the picture.
Question A: If the hot water is pumped into a 5.0 cm diameter pipe at 0.60 m/s how fast will it come out of the 2.5 cm diameter shower head? Please answer in m/s
Question B: The shower is located on the second floor of the house 5.5 m above the basement water heater pipe. If the pressure at the water heater is 4.0 atm what is the pressure at the shower head? Please answer in atm
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