Water travels through a pipe at 8.57 m/s. The pipe expands from a crossectional area of 2.8 m2 to an area of 16.8 m2. a) What is the speed of the water in the second part of the pipe in m/s? b) How much is the pressure change in KPa as the pipe expands? The density of water is 1000 kg/m3. Enter a positive value for an increase in pressure, a negative value for a decrease. kPa
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Water travels through a pipe at 8.57 m/s. The pipe expands from a crossectional area of 2.8 m2 to an area of 16.8 m2.
a) What is the speed of the water in the second part of the pipe in m/s?
b) How much is the pressure change in KPa as the pipe expands? The density of water is 1000 kg/m3. Enter a positive value for an increase in pressure, a negative value for a decrease.
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