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Question 7.32: Water flows through the turbine in Fig. 7-15 at the rate of ...

Water flows through the turbine in Fig. 7-15 at the rate of 0.214 m³/s and the pressures at A and B, respectively, are 147.5 kPa and —34.5 kPa. Determine the power delivered to the turbine by the water.

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