This is a biology/maths problem that I'm stuck with so I thought I'd post it on here and see if anyone could give me a hand with it? The figures here are different from the ones in my book so I can try the actual problem myself.
If 0.30ml of blood flows past point X per second, and the flow rate at Y is 5cm/s what is the cross sectional area of the blood vessels at point Y? What assumption have you made?
I have a theory on how to do this but it seems far too simple. Any help or hints would be great, thanks.
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Maths/Biology problem
Started by xpurple_starsx, Mar 14 2006 02:59 PM
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Posted 14 March 2006 - 02:59 PM
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Posted 16 March 2006 - 05:22 PM
0.3ml = 0.3 cubic centimetres
Hold on... this question isn't making sense. 0.3ml/s at X but 5cm/s at Y? The units don't even match up! Have you copied it out correctly? Or maybe I'm too dumb.
Hold on... this question isn't making sense. 0.3ml/s at X but 5cm/s at Y? The units don't even match up! Have you copied it out correctly? Or maybe I'm too dumb.
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