Q. Water is flowing continuously from a tap having an internal diameter $8 \times 10^{- 3}\ m.$ The water velocity as it leaves the tap is 0.4 m/s. The diameter of the water stream at a distance $2 \times 10^{- 1}$ m below the tap is close to

A) $7.5 \times 10^{- 3}\ m$
B) $9.6 \times 10^{- 3}\ m$
C) $3.6 \times 10^{- 3}\ m$
D) $5.0 \times 10^{- 3}\ m$
Explanation

(c) From Bernoulli’s theorem,
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \rho gh = \frac{1}{2}\rho\left( v_{2}^{2} - v_{1}^{2} \right)$
$\Longrightarrow \ gh = \frac{1}{2}v_{1}^{2}\left( \left( \frac{v_{2}}{v_{1}} \right)^{2} - 1 \right)$
$\Longrightarrow \ gh = \frac{1}{2}v_{1}^{2}\left( \left( \frac{A_{1}}{A_{2}} \right)^{2} - 1 \right)\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \therefore{(A}_{1}v_{1} = A_{2}v_{2})$
$\Longrightarrow \ \ \ \left( \frac{A_{1}}{A_{2}} \right)^{2} = 1 + \frac{2hg}{v_{1}^{2}}$
$\Longrightarrow \ \ \ \left( \frac{D_{1}}{D_{2}} \right)^{4} = 1 + \frac{2hg}{v_{1}^{2}}$
$\Longrightarrow \ \ \ D_{2} = \frac{D_{1}}{\left( 1 + \frac{2gh}{v_{1}^{2}} \right)^{1/4}}$
$= \frac{8 \times 10^{- 3}}{\left( 1 + \frac{2 \times 10 \times 0.2}{{(0.4)}^{2}} \right)^{1/4}} = 3.6 \times 10^{3}m$

Dr. Abubacker
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