The actual velocity in the contracted section of a jet of liquid issuing from a 5 cm diameter orifice is 7.5 m/s, under a head of 4 m. If the measured discharge is 0.008 m³/s, then the (round off to two decimal places) coefficient of contraction is

The actual velocity in the contracted section of a jet of liquid issuing from a 5 cm diameter orifice is 7.5 m/s, under a head of 4 m. If the measured discharge is 0.008 m³/s, then the (round off to two decimal places) coefficient of contraction is

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The actual velocity in the contracted section of a jet of liquid issuing from a 5 cm diameter
orifice is 7.5 m/s, under a head of 4 m. If the measured discharge is 0.008 m³/s, then the
coefficient of contraction is
(round off to two decimal places)

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