Question

Consult Interactive Solution 7.10 for a review of problem-solving skills that are involved in this problem. A stream of water strikes a stationary turbine blade horizontally, as the drawing illustrates. The incident water stream has a velocity of 16.0 m/s, while the exiting water stream has a velocity of -16.0 m/s. The mass of water per second that strikes the blade is 36.0 kg/s. Find the magnitude of the average force exerted on the water by the blade.

Answer 1

Answer:

$F=1152N$

Explanation:

From the question we are told that:

Mass/one sec $m=36.0kg/s$

Incident water stream $v=16.0m/s$

Exiting water stream $v'=-16.0m/s$

Generally the equation for Force is mathematically given by

$F=\frac{mv-mu}{t}$

$F=\frac{36(-16-16)}{1}$

$F=1152N$