Water flows through a small horizontal pipe with a speed of 12 m/s into a larger part of the pipe for which the diameter of the pipe is doubled. What is the speed of the water in the larger part of the pipe?  a. 0.75 m/s b. 3.0 m/s c. 6.0 m/s d. 12 m/s

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Water flows through a small horizontal pipe with a speed of 12 m/s into a larger part of the pipe for which the diameter of the pipe is doubled. What is the speed of the water in the larger part of the pipe? 

a. 0.75 m/s

b. 3.0 m/s

c. 6.0 m/s

d. 12 m/s

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