The average speed of blood in the aorta is 0.3 m/s and the radius of the aorta

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The average speed of blood in the aorta is 0.3 m/s and the radius of the aorta is 1 cm. There are about 2 × 109 capillaries with an average radius of 6 μm. What is the approximate average speed of the blood flow in the capillaries?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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