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Question
State Bernoulli’s theorem.
Solution
It states that the sum of pressure energy, kinetic energy and potential energy per unit volume of an incompressible, non-viscous fluid in a streamlined, irrotational flow remains constant along a streamline.
i.e., `"P"/ρ + "v"^2/2 + "gh"` = constant
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