Water is flowing through a pipe with a constriction. The diameter of the narrow section is one-third the diameter of the wide section. If the velocity of the incompressible fluid is 3.6 m/s in the narrow section, then what is the velocity of the fluid in the wide section?

A. 2.00 m/s
B. 0.80 m/s
C. 1.4 m/s
D. 1.0 m/s
E. 0.40 m/s


E. 0.40 m/s

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