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If the blood vessels in a human being acted as simple pipes (which they do not in actual), what would be the difference in blood pressure between the blood in a $1.80 m$ tall man's feet and in his head when he is standing? Assume the specific gravity of blood to be $1.06$ .
(a) $16.23 kPa$
(b) $18.7 kPa$
(c) $17.3 kPa$
(d) $15.9 kPa$

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Arihant Physics JEE Main Chapterwise Solutions (2019-2002) (Arihant)

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If the blood vessels in a human being acted as simple pipes (which they do not in actual), what would be the difference in blood pressure between the blood in a

1.80 m

tall man's feet and in his head when he is standing? Assume the specific gravity of blood to be

1.06

.
(a)

16.23 kPa

(b)

18.7 kPa

(c)

17.3 kPa

(d)

15.9 kPa

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Specific gravity

= \frac{De n s i t y o f s u b s t an ce ( ρ )}{De n s i t y o f w a t er ( ρ _{w} )}

∵ ρ = ρ_{w} \times 1000]

Δ p = ρ g h = 1060 \times (9.8) (1.8) = 18.7 kPa

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Question Text	If the blood vessels in a human being acted as simple pipes (which they do not in actual), what would be the difference in blood pressure between the blood in a $1.80 m$ tall man's feet and in his head when he is standing? Assume the specific gravity of blood to be $1.06$ . (a) $16.23 kPa$ (b) $18.7 kPa$ (c) $17.3 kPa$ (d) $15.9 kPa$
Topic	Gravitation
Subject	Physics
Class	Class 11
Answer Type	Text solution:1
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