If the diameter of a blood vessel is reduced by two-thirds and the blood pressure remains constant (that is, the blood pressure is unchanging as the diameter is reduced), then the blood flow rate through the vessel will ...   A. be reduced by 80/81.   B. be reduced by 8/9 since the area of a circle is πr2.   C. be reduced by 1/9 since the area of a circle is πr2.   D. be reduced by 2/3.   E. be unchanged since the blood pressure does not change.

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If the diameter of a blood vessel is reduced by two-thirds and the blood pressure remains constant (that is, the blood pressure is unchanging as the diameter is reduced), then the blood flow rate through the vessel will ...

  A.

be reduced by 80/81.

  B.

be reduced by 8/9 since the area of a circle is πr2.

  C.

be reduced by 1/9 since the area of a circle is πr2.

  D.

be reduced by 2/3.

  E.

be unchanged since the blood pressure does not change.

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