The arterioles (small arteries) leading to an organ, constrict in order to decrease flow to the organ. To shut down an organ, blood flow is reduced naturally to 1.00% of its original value. By what factor did the radii of the arterioles constrict?

Respuesta :

Answer:

[tex]x=0.01^{1/4}[/tex]

Explanation:

As the flow rate Q is given as:

[tex]Q=\frac{(p_{2}-p_{1} )\pi r^{4} }{8nl}[/tex]

In case of all other parameters are constant.We could write it as:

[tex]Q=constant*r^{4}[/tex]

Reducing  Q to 1% we could write it as:

[tex]0.01Q=constant*(r^{4} )\\[/tex]

Where x is factor or r  to reduce Q to 1%.From this we got

[tex]0.01=x^{4}\\ So\\x=0.01^{1/4}[/tex]