Question: ( b ) Figure A 3 b ( not to scale ) shows the cross - section of a tank from which water is being

(b) Figure A3b (not to scale) shows the cross-section of a tank from which water is being drawn out through a pipe connected to its base. The cross-sectional areas of the tank and pipe are \(6\mathrm{~m}^{2}\) and \(0.01\mathrm{~m}^{2}\). The pipe has length \( H=10\mathrm{~m}\) and the depth in the tank at the instant shown is \( h=2\mathrm{~m}\). Assume that the pressure is atmospheric at the pipe exit and that water is inviscid and incompressible (with density \(1000\mathrm{~kg}/\mathrm{m}^{3}\)). Take the acceleration due to gravity to be \(10\mathrm{~m}/\mathrm{s}^{2}\).
Figure A3b
(i) Using the Bernoulli equation along a streamline from the water surface to the exit of the pipe, determine the speed of the water at the pipe exit.
(5 marks)
(ii) Find the gauge pressure of the water flow at the entry of the pipe (i.e.10 m above the pipe exit). Comment on the engineering implication of your result.
(4 marks)
(iii) Determine the rate at which the water level (\( h \)) in the tank is decreasing at the instant shown in Fig. A3b.
(5 marks)
(iv) Without performing calculations, sketch a graph showing the variation of the water level \( h \) with time for the period that starts at the instant shown in Fig. A3b until the upper tank is empty.
(2 marks)
( b ) Figure A 3 b ( not to scale ) shows the

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