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Grade 12General Physics

A horizontal right angle pipe bend has cross sectional area = 10 cm2 and water flows through it at speed = 20 m/s. The force on the pipe bend due to the turning of water is :
(1) 565.7 N
(2) 400 N
(3) 20 N
(4) 282.8 N

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11 Years agoGrade 12
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer11 Years ago
mass flowing per sec through pipe is = desity*area*velocity
Change in velocity=v*21/2 
force = (desity*area*velocity)*(velocity*21/2 )
        = 565.7N   ( ans a)