Jaymar bought a small water pump for his aquarium. The pump delivers 0.4 L/s at a net head of 2 m while connected to a small motor running at 1264 rpm. After a week the motor stopped working, so Jaymar bought a new motor which operates at half the speed of the original one. Predict the head (m) of the modified pump. Round off your final answer to 3 decimal places.

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Jaymar bought a small water pump for his aquarium. The pump delivers 0.4 L/s at a net head of 2 m while connected to a small motor running at 1264 rpm. After a week the motor stopped working, so Jaymar bought a new motor which operates at half the speed of the original one. Predict the head (m) of the modified pump. Round off your final answer to 3 decimal places. 

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