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A Horizontal Section of an Artery Narrows from a Diameter

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A horizontal section of an artery narrows from a diameter of 8.0 mm to a diameter of 6.0 mm.What is the pressure difference between the wider section and the narrower? That is,what is Pwide - Pnarrow? The blood flows in the wider section at 48 cm/s.Take blood plasma to have a density of 1025 kg/m3 and ignore viscosity.


A) 370 Pa
B) 750 Pa
C) 780 Pa
D) 210 Pa

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