You are help to educate a patient on the ramifications of a partialarterial blockage you have recently discovered. To communicatethe severity, you decide to tell the patient about how much ofthe volume of blood that normally passes through the artery hasdecreased. The relationship you are describing is calledAVPoiseuille's equation and it reads:™R^ (P₁-P₂)8nlIf theAtradius of the artery decreases by a factor of 2 because of theblockage (as shown in the image below), by what factor has thevolume flow rate (A) decreased?AtWall ofartery(a)Artery wallthickeningBlockageONote: Do not explicitly include units in your answer, however(include number only). Including units (like cm) will result in thequestion being scored wrong.

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You are help to educate a patient on the ramifications of a partial arterial blockage you have recently discovered. To communicate the severity, you decide to tell the patient about how much of the volume of blood that normally passes through the artery has decreased. The relationship you are describing is called ™Rª (P₁-P₂) 8nl Poiseuille's equation and it reads: If the radius of the artery decreases by a factor of 2 because of the blockage (as shown in the image below), by what factor has the volume flow rate (A) decreased? At Wall of artery (a) Artery wall thickening AV At Blockage C Note: Do not explicitly include units in your answer, however (include number only). Including units (like cm) will result in the question being scored wrong.

You are help to educate a patient on the ramifications of a partial arterial blockage you have recently discovered. To communicate the severity, you decide to tell the patient about how much of the volume of blood that normally passes through the artery has decreased. The relationship you are describing is called ™Rª (P₁-P₂) 8nl Poiseuille's equation and it reads: If the radius of the artery decreases by a factor of 2 because of the blockage (as shown in the image below), by what factor has the volume flow rate (A) decreased? At Wall of artery (a) Artery wall thickening AV At Blockage C Note: Do not explicitly include units in your answer, however (include number only). Including units (like cm) will result in the question being scored wrong.