You need to siphon water from a clogged sink. The sink has an area of 0.52 m 2 a

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You need to siphon water from a clogged sink. The sink has an area of 0.52m2 and is filled to a height of 4.0 cm. Your siphon tube rises 50 cm above the bottom of the sink and then descends 100 cm to a pail as shown in the figure(Figure 1) . The siphon tube has a diameter of 2.0cm .

A) Assuming that the tube is narrow compared to the sink, calculate the velocity of the water when it enters the pail. The tube in the pail is about 4.0

cm below the surface of the liquid in the pail.

B) Estimate how long it will take to empty the sink.

You need to siphon water from a clogged sink. The sink has an area of 0.52m2 and is filled to a height of 4.0 cm. Your siphon tube rises 50 cm above the bottom of the sink and then descends 100 cm to a pail as shown in the figure(Figure 1) . The siphon tube has a diameter of 2.0cm . Assuming that the tube is narrow compared to the sink, calculate the velocity of the water when it enters the pail. The tube in the pail is about 4.0 cm below the surface of the liquid in the pail. Estimate how long it will take to empty the sink.

Explanation / Answer

Volume of water in sink = (0.52)(0.04) = 0.0208 m

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