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title: "An ideal fluid flows through a pipe with radius \\( Q \\) and flow speed \\( V \\). If the pipe splits up into three separate paths, each with radius \\( \\frac{Q}{2} \\), what is the flow speed through each of the paths?"
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# An ideal fluid flows through a pipe with radius \( Q \) and flow speed \( V \). If the pipe splits up into three separate paths, each with radius \( \frac{Q}{2} \), what is the flow speed through each of the paths?

An ideal fluid flows through a pipe with radius \( Q \) and flow speed \( V \). If the pipe splits up into three separate paths, each with radius \( \frac{Q}{2} \), what is the flow speed through each of the paths?

- **A.** \( \frac{1}{3} V \)
- **B.** \( \frac{2}{3} V \)
- **C.** \( \frac{4}{3} V \)
- **D.** \( 4V \)

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