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AP Physics 1
8.4 Fluids and Conservation Laws
BeginnerMCQProportional Analysis18.8k
A horizontal pipe segment. On the left side, the pipe has a large diameter labeled D. On the right side, the pipe tapers down smoothly to a smaller diameter labeled 1/2 D. An arrow points to the right through the pipe to indicate fluid flow.
Fluid flowing through a narrowing pipe from Point 1 to Point 2.
An ideal, incompressible fluid flows steadily through a horizontal, cylindrical pipe. At Point 1, the pipe has a diameter \(D\) and the fluid flows with a speed \(v_1\). At Point 2, the pipe narrows to a diameter of \(\dfrac{1}{2}D\) and the fluid flows with a speed \(v_2\). What is the ratio of the fluid speed at Point 2 to the fluid speed at Point 1, \(\dfrac{v_2}{v_1}\)?

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