Water enters a horizontal pipe of diameter with a speed of

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Problem

Water enters a horizontal pipe of diameter

6\,\text{cm}

with a speed of

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

. The pipe narrows to a diameter of

3\,\text{cm}

. What is the speed of water in the narrower section? (a)

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

(b)

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

(c)

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

(d)

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