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Water is used as the manometric liquid in a pitot tube mounted in an aircraft to measure air speed. If the maximum difference in height between the liquid columns is `0.1 m,` what is the maximum air speed that can be measured? Density of air `d_("dir")=1.3kg//m^(3)`

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For gases, velocity is given by
`v=sqrt((2hrhog)/d)=sqrt((2xx0.1xx1000xx9.8)/1.3)=38.83m//s`
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