According to Poiseuille’s law of fluid flow, the volume flow rate, V, is proportional to radius to the fourth power. What would happen to the volume flow rate of blood if the diameter of an artery decreased to 20 % (1/5) of its original diameter? V would:

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According to Poiseuille’s law of fluid flow, the volume flow rate, V, is proportional to radius to the fourth power. What would happen to the volume flow rate of blood if the diameter of an artery decreased to 20 % (1/5) of its original diameter? V would:

be one fifth (0.2) of its original value.
be one twenty-fifth (0.04) its original value.
be 1/625 (0.0016) of its original value.
five times its original value.

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C:( / 1 5) (0 2. ) 0.0016 4 4 = = . Narrowing of arteries has dire consequences for blood flow.

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According to Poiseuille’s law of fluid flow, the volume flow rate, V, is proportional to radius to the fourth power. What would happen to the volume flow rate of blood if the diameter of an artery decreased to 20 % (1/5) of its original diameter? V would:

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