Pressure

AP Physics 1· difficulty 2/5

Water flowing in a pipe doubles in speed at a constriction. The constricted area is what fraction of the original?

A
$1/4$
B
$1/2$
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C
$4$
D
$2$

Explanation

A_1 v_1 = A_2 v_2

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