Water flows through a horizontal pipe whose internal diameter decreases uniformly from to

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Problem

Water flows through a horizontal pipe whose internal diameter decreases uniformly from

6\,\text{cm}

3\,\text{cm}

. If the speed of water in the wider section is

0.8\,\text{m s}^{-1}

, the speed in the narrower section is (a)

1.6\,\text{m s}^{-1}

(b)

3.2\,\text{m s}^{-1}

(c)

0.8\,\text{m s}^{-1}

(d)

2.4\,\text{m s}^{-1}