Consider a human artery with a blood clot. Assume that theclotreduces the effective
area by 75 per cent and the density of blood is 1060 kg/m3. Ifthespeed of the blood
flow in the unobstructed region of the artery is 20 cm/s,assumingsteady flow,
(a) calculate the speed of the blood flow at the clot.
(b) What is the pressure change (compared to the pressure intheunobstructed part
of the artery) at the clot?

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