I am doing a project on a venturi meter, and I am conducting a table of results from an expirement, however trouble I'm having is how a certain answer is worked out.
Differential Head = (h1 - h2) which is 232.5 - 26.0 = 206.0mm
That column is to be in 'm' so it ends up being 0.2060, which is fine so far. Then it goes to:
(h1 - h2)^1/2 = 0.2060^1/2 = 0.454m^1/2
Where does 0.454m^1/2 come from, from that? I thought the 1/2 was meaning "half", which from above clearly doesn't. It's had me stumped the last ten minutes
Anyone able to help out on how it gets that answer?
Differential Head = (h1 - h2) which is 232.5 - 26.0 = 206.0mm
That column is to be in 'm' so it ends up being 0.2060, which is fine so far. Then it goes to:
(h1 - h2)^1/2 = 0.2060^1/2 = 0.454m^1/2
Where does 0.454m^1/2 come from, from that? I thought the 1/2 was meaning "half", which from above clearly doesn't. It's had me stumped the last ten minutes
Anyone able to help out on how it gets that answer?
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the ^1/2 is the same as taking the square root