Water Faucet

Water coming out of a sink faucet narrows as it falls. It does this because...

A) its speed increases as it falls

B) of surface tension

C) both of the above

D) of air resistance

E) of atmospheric pressure

Solution

Adapted from Lewis Carroll Epstein, Thinking Physics, Third Edition, Insight Press, 2002

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Last updated January 09, 2006
by Erik Jensen