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An irrigation pump is used to draw water from a pond. One end of a 5.05 cm diameter hose pipe is connected to the outlet of the pump at 1.02 m below the surface level, and just after the pump, the static gauge pressure and flow rate of the water are 50 kPa and 8 kg/s, respectively. The pumped water is discharged at the ground level through a nozzle. Assume that the flow through the hose pipe and nozzle is steady and laminar, and frictional and viscous losses are negligible. The density of water is 1000 kg/m3 and the acceleration due to gravity is 9.81 m/s2. If the static pressure at the nose/exit of the nozzle just reduces to atmospheric pressure then the nose diameter (in cm) of the nozzle is _____ . (Rounded off to 2 decimal places)

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Correct Answer: 3.2

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The answer is: 3.20 or 3.25 (approx.)
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