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So Princeton Review is kind of confusing me with something.
There is a problem in which there is a tank of water with three holes in it of same size. The holes are at different heights (hole 1 is above hole 2 which is above hole 3). They also list bernoullis equation.
They ask a random question but it leads to this conclusion. The speed of the water at hole 3(lowest one) is the highest (highest horizontal velocity) since water is at the highest gauge pressure (so it is moved out most forcefully).
It makes sense intuitively since more pressure should force it out faster. However, according to bernoulli's, Pressure and velocity are inversely related. If pressure is high, how it velocity also high in this case?
There is a problem in which there is a tank of water with three holes in it of same size. The holes are at different heights (hole 1 is above hole 2 which is above hole 3). They also list bernoullis equation.
They ask a random question but it leads to this conclusion. The speed of the water at hole 3(lowest one) is the highest (highest horizontal velocity) since water is at the highest gauge pressure (so it is moved out most forcefully).
It makes sense intuitively since more pressure should force it out faster. However, according to bernoulli's, Pressure and velocity are inversely related. If pressure is high, how it velocity also high in this case?