The volume flow rate in an artery supplying the brain is 4.0 x 10-6 m3/s. If the radius of the artery is 4.8 mm, determine the average blood speed and the average blood speed as a constriction in the artery if the constriction reduces the radius by a factor of 5.

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(a) The volume flow rate in an artery supplying the brain is 4.0 x 10-6 m3/s. If the radius of the artery is 4.8 mm, determine the average blood speed and the average blood speed as a constriction in the artery if the constriction reduces the radius by a factor of 5. 

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The volume flow rate is 4.0×10-6 m3/s.

The radius of the artery is 4.8 mm.

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