JEE Main 2025 — Mechanical Properties of Fluids Question with Solution
JEE Main 2025 (23 Jan Shift 2)
Question
Water flows in a horizontal pipe whose one end is closed with a valve. The reading of the pressure gauge attached to the pipe is . The reading of the pressure gauge falls to when the valve is opened. The speed of water flowing in the pipe is proportional to
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D
Step-by-step explanation

Using Bernoulli's theorem $\begin{aligned} & P_1-P_2=\frac{1}{2} \rho v^2 \\ & v \propto \sqrt{P_1-P_2} \end{aligned}$
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