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A pressure-pump has a horizontal tube of cross-sectional area 10 cm for the outflow of water at a speed of 20 m/s. The force exerted on the vertical wall just in front of the tube which stops water horizontally flowing out of the tube, is: [given: density of water = 1000 kg/m 3 ]
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F = 
= 10 3 x 10 x 10 -4 x 20 x 20 F
F=400
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