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Two tubes of radii r1{r}_{1} and r2{r}_{2} and lengths l1{l}_{1} and l2,{l}_{2,} respectively, are connected in series and a liquid flows through each of them in stream line conditions. P1{P}_{1} and P2{P}_{2} are pressure differences across the two tubes. If P2{P}_{2} is 4P14{P}_{1} and l2{l}_{2} is l14\dfrac{{l}_{1}}{4} then the radius r2{r}_{2} will be equal to :

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Answer: (D) r12\dfrac{{r}_{1}}{2}

dVdt=π8pr4ηL\dfrac{dV}{dt}=\dfrac{\pi }{8}\dfrac{p{r}^{4}}{\eta L}

p1r14L1=p2r24L2\dfrac{{p}_{1}{r}_{1}^{4}}{{L}_{1}}=\dfrac{{p}_{2}{r}_{2}^{4}}{{L}_{2}}

p1r14l1=4p1r24(l14)\dfrac{{p}_{1}{r}_{1}^{4}}{{l}_{1}}=\dfrac{4{p}_{1}{r}_{2}^{4}}{\left(\dfrac{{l}_{1}}{4}\right)}

⇒\Rightarrowr24=r1416{r}_{2}^{4}=\dfrac{{r}_{1}^{4}}{16}

⇒\Rightarrowr2=r12{r}_{2}=\dfrac{{r}_{1}}{2}

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