A pumper is supplying an aerial ladder equipped with a detachable ladder pipe that has a 1 3/4-inch solid stream nozzle and is elevated 70 feet. The ladder pipe is supplied by 100 feet of 3-inch hose with 3-inch couplings. This hose is in turn being supplied by a dual lay of 3-inch hose equipped with 2 1/2-inch couplings, each 200 feet long. Determine the required pump discharge pressure

What will be an ideal response?


222 psi

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