Gce Model Questions Vol1 2017 Biology Question 22

Practice objective / multiple choice question 22 from the 2017 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.

Gce Model Questions Vol1 2017 Biology Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 22 GCE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2017 • BIOLOGY • objective

An adult's aorta normally has an internal radius of \(12\ \text{mm}\). In a disease, a plaque reduces the radius uniformly by \(30\%\) over a \(5\ \text{cm}\) segment. Assuming laminar flow and unchanged blood viscosity, by what factor does the resistance to flow through that segment increase compared with the normal segment?

Answer Options

A. ≈ 3.0
B. ≈ 5.6
Correct Answer C. ≈ 4.2
D. ≈ 2.5
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
≈ 4.2

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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2017 Biology Question 22. It is one of the objective questions from the 2017 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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