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The human heart has an average discharge of

0.1 (10-3) m3/s, determined from the volume of blood
pumped per beat and the rate of beating. Careful
measurements have shown that blood cells pass through the
capillaries at about 0.5 mm / s. If the average diameter of a
capillary is 6 pm, estimate the number of capillaries that
must be in the human body.

SOLUTION
n is the number of the capillaries in the human body. From the discharge of the
blood from heart,
Q = nAV; 0.l(l0-3) m3/s = n { p [3.0(l0-6) m]2 }[0.5(l0-3) m/s ]
n = 7.07(l09) Ans.

Ans:
7.07(l09)

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