patient, lying horizontally on a bed, is suffering from high cholesterol, causing a narrowing in some parts of his arteries. In an unaffected area, before a narrowing, his blood speed is 0.128 m/s. The obstructed area reduces the cross-sec

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(7).patient, lying horizontally on a bed, is suffering from high cholesterol, causing a narrowing in some parts of his arteries.  In an unaffected area, before a narrowing, his blood speed is 0.128 m/s.  The obstructed area reduces the cross-section of the artery to 38.6% of the unobstructed area.  What is the difference in blood pressures between the normal and obstructed segments of the artery. 

 

 

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