Question: Relative to its initial, healthy state, by what factor does the velocity of blood increase as the blood passes through this blockage? Express your answer

Relative to its initial, healthy state, by what factor does the velocity of blood increase as the blood passes through this blockage?
Express your answer numerically.
Imagine a healthy artery, with blood flow velocity of v0=0.14m/sv0=0.14m/s and mass per unit volume of =1050kg/m3=1050kg/m3. The kinetic energy per unit volume of blood is given by
K0=12v20.K0=12v02.
Imagine that plaque has narrowed an artery to one-fifth of its normal cross-sectional area (an 80% blockage).
Part A
Compared to normal blood flow velocity, v0v0, what is the velocity of blood as it passes through this blockage?
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