Thirty (30) liters/second of stream water must be pumped up a vertical height of 12 meters to irrigate a farm. If head loss in casing and pump results in 62% pump efficiency and the electric motor used has 91% efficiency, what horsepower rating should the motor have and how many kilowatts will it use while pumping?

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A fluid is a substance that is continuously deformed by the application of shear stress. The rate of deformation of a fluid depends on its viscosity. The fluid tries to flow when it interacts with some other system.