A fish maintains its depth in fresh water by adjusting the air content of porous bone or air sacs to make its average density the same as that of the water. Suppose that with its air sacs collapsed, a fish has a density of 1.08 g/cm3. To what fraction of its expanded body volume must the fish inflate the air sacs to reduce its density to that of water?
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Figure 14-46 shows two sections of an old pipe system that runs through a hill, with distances dA = dB = 30 m and D = 110 m. On each side of the hill, the pipe radius is 2.00 cm. However, the radius of the pipe inside the hill is no longer known. To determine it, hydraulic engineers first establish that water flows through the left and right sections at 2.50 mls. Then they release a dye in the water at point A and find that it takes 88.8 s to reach point B. What is the average radius of the pipe within the hill? " .. /~ ~ -~- ~ Fig. 14-46 50.
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The first step in solving 14 problem number 50 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: Figure 14-46 shows two sections of an old pipe system that runs through a hill, with distances dA = dB = 30 m and D = 110 m. On each side of the hill, the pipe radius is 2.00 cm. However, the radius of the pipe inside the hill is no longer known. To determine it, hydraulic engineers first establish that water flows through the left and right sections at 2.50 mls. Then they release a dye in the water at point A and find that it takes 88.8 s to reach point B. What is the average radius of the pipe within the hill? " .. /~ ~ -~- ~ Fig. 14-46 50.
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