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AP Physics 1
8.4 Fluids and Conservation Laws
IntermediateMCQProportional Analysis15k
A cylindrical pipe with a narrow section expanding into a wide section.
A cylindrical pipe with a narrow section expanding into a wide section.
A fluid flows through the two sections of cylindrical pipe shown in the figure. The narrow section of the pipe has radius \(R\) and the wide section has radius \(2R\). What is the ratio of the fluid’s speed in the wide section of pipe to its speed in the narrow section of pipe, \(\dfrac{v_{\text{wide}}}{v_{\text{narrow}}}\)?

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