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A pump steadily delivers water through a hose terminated by a nozzle. The exit of the nozzle has a diameter of 2.5 cm and is located 4 m above the pump inlet pipe, which has a diameter of 5.0 cm. The pressure is equal to 1 bar at both the inlet and the exit, and the temperature is constant at 20°C. The magnitude of the power input required by the pump is 8.6 kW. Determine the mass flow rate delivered by the pump, in kg/s.

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Answer:

15.98 kg/s

Step-by-step explanation:

Due to some of the required symbols and for better understanding of the solution the explanation is all hand written and attached below

A pump steadily delivers water through a hose terminated by a nozzle. The exit of-example-1
A pump steadily delivers water through a hose terminated by a nozzle. The exit of-example-2
A pump steadily delivers water through a hose terminated by a nozzle. The exit of-example-3
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