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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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