A round pipe of varying diameter carries petroleum from a wellhead to a refinery. At the wellhead, the pipe's diameter is 53.5 cm and the flow speed of the petroleum is 13.1 m/s. At the refinery, the petroleum flows at 5.25 m/s. What is the volume flow rate of the petroleum along the pipe, and what is the pipe's diameter at the refinery? volume flow rate: m³/s diameter: cm

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A round pipe of varying diameter carries petroleum from a wellhead to a refinery. At the wellhead, the pipe's diameter is 53.5 cm
and the flow speed of the petroleum is 13.1 m/s. At the refinery, the petroleum flows at 5.25 m/s. What is the volume flow rate of
the petroleum along the pipe, and what is the pipe's diameter at the refinery?
volume flow rate:
m³/s
diameter:
cm
Transcribed Image Text:A round pipe of varying diameter carries petroleum from a wellhead to a refinery. At the wellhead, the pipe's diameter is 53.5 cm and the flow speed of the petroleum is 13.1 m/s. At the refinery, the petroleum flows at 5.25 m/s. What is the volume flow rate of the petroleum along the pipe, and what is the pipe's diameter at the refinery? volume flow rate: m³/s diameter: cm
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GivenAt WellheadDiameter (d1)=53.5 cm=0.535 mVelocity (v1)=13.1  m/sAnd At RefineryVelocity (v2)=5.24  m/s

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