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- A horizontal pipe of cross-sectional area 50 cm2 carries water at the rate of 0.20 litres per second. Determine the speed;
a) Of the speed of...(Solved)
A horizontal pipe of cross-sectional area 50 cm2 carries water at the rate of 0.20 litres per second. Determine the speed;
a) Of the speed of water in the pipe.
b) When the tube narrows to 20 cm2 at another point.
Date posted: October 12, 2018. Answers (1)
- Outline the equation of continuity(Solved)
Outline the equation of continuity.
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- Explain the occurrence of streamline and turbulent flow? (Solved)
Explain the occurrence of streamline and turbulent flow?
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- What is line of flow?(Solved)
What is line of flow?
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- A girl claps her hands once at a distance 250 m from a vertical cliff. If the temperature in the surrounding is 5oC, how long...(Solved)
A girl claps her hands once at a distance 250 m from a vertical cliff. If the temperature in the surrounding is 5oC, how long does it take for her to hear the echo?
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- A boy strikes a railway line (steel) with a hammer. If the speed of sound in steel is 5,200 m/s, determine the time taken for...(Solved)
A boy strikes a railway line (steel) with a hammer. If the speed of sound in steel is 5,200 m/s, determine the time taken for the sound to reach another boy 2.3 km down the railway line with his ear on the rail.
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- What are the characteristics of sound waves?(Solved)
What are the characteristics of sound waves?
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- The figure below illustrates part of the displacement-time graph of a wave travelling across water at a particular place with a velocity of 2 ms-1....(Solved)
The figure below illustrates part of the displacement-time graph of a wave travelling across water at a particular place with a velocity of 2 ms-1. Calculate the wave’s; (a) Amplitude (b) Frequency (f) (c) Wavelength
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- A rope is displaced at a frequency of 3 Hz. If the distance between two successive crests of the wave train is 0.8 m, calculate...(Solved)
A rope is displaced at a frequency of 3 Hz. If the distance between two successive crests of the wave train is 0.8 m, calculate the speed of the waves along the rope.
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- Outline the characteristics of waves(Solved)
Outline the characteristics of waves
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- Define transverse and longitudinal pulses and waves giving suitable illustrations(Solved)
Define transverse and longitudinal pulses and waves giving suitable illustrations.
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- Two identical springs, whose spring constant is 6.0 N/cm, are used to support a load of 60 N as shown below. Determine the extension of...(Solved)
Two identical springs, whose spring constant is 6.0 N/cm, are used to support a load of 60 N as shown below. Determine the extension of each spring.
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- A body of 200 g was hung from the lower end of a spring which obeys Hooke’s law. Given that the spring extended by...(Solved)
A body of 200 g was hung from the lower end of a spring which obeys Hooke’s law. Given that the spring extended by 100 mm, what is the spring constant for this spring?
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- A load of 4 N causes a certain copper wire to extend by 1.0 mm. Find the load that will cause a 3.2 mm extension...(Solved)
A load of 4 N causes a certain copper wire to extend by 1.0 mm. Find the load that will cause a 3.2 mm extension on the same wire. (Assume Hooke’s law is obeyed).
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- If the springs shown below are similar and the constant of proportionality (k) is 100 Nm-1, determine total extension in each arrangement. (Solved)
If the springs shown below are similar and the constant of proportionality (k) is 100 Nm-1, determine total extension in each arrangement.
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- Applications of the force on a conductor(Solved)
Applications of the force on a current carrying conductor.
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- State the factors affecting the magnitude of the force on a current carrying conductor(Solved)
State the factors affecting the magnitude of the force on a current carrying conductor
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- What is an electromagnet?(Solved)
What is an electromagnet?
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- Magnetic field due to solenoid(Solved)
Magnetic field due to solenoid
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- Rules for determining the direction of the lines of force(Solved)
Rules for determining the direction of the lines of force.
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