5-to-1 Fluid flow

Classical Mechanics Level 2

Five pipes of equal radius carry air into a sixth pipe with a radius ten times larger. If the air moves with speed \(v\) in the larger pipe. How many times larger than \( v \) is the speed of air in one of the smaller pipes?

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