A horizontal water pipe is constricted and tapers to a smaller radius. The speed of the water as it passes through the constricted section will be greater. What about the pressure of the water flowing into this pipe?

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A horizontal water pipe is constricted and tapers to a smaller radius. The speed of the water as it passes through the constricted section will be greater. What about the pressure of the water flowing into this pipe?

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a) The water pressure will be the same in the widest section as in the narrowest of the pipe.

b) The water pressure will be higher when it flows through the narrowest section of the pipe.

c) The water pressure will be higher when it flows through the widest section of the pipe.

d) There is no relationship between the velocity and the pressure of the water flowing inside the pipe.

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