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Given information
Given in the question that,
Reynolds number
defined as
Average speed
Density
Viscosity
The radius of the tube
The average speed of blood in the aorta
The resting part of the heart's cycle is about .
We need to determine if blood flow through the aorta is laminar or turbulent.
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
We calculate the Reynolds number with the given formula,
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