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A large lawn sprinkler with two identical amis is used to generate electric power by attac...

A large lawn sprinkler with two identical amis is used to generate electric power by attaching a generator to its rotating head. Water enters the sprinkler from the base alono the axis of rotation at a rate of 8 gal/s and leaves the nozzles in the tangential direction. The sprinkler rotates at a rate of 250 lpm in a horizontal plane. The diameter of each jet is 0.5 in, and the normal distance between the axis of rotation and the center of each nozzle is 2 ft. Determi ne the maximum possible electric power produced.

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