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A manufacturing facility's campus water supply is fed from a 125-foot tall open atmosphere water tank. A site fire pump is located 5 feet above grade and is flowing at its rated capacity of 35 psi at 1000 gpm with 18 psi loss in the total pipe network, what will the pressure be at the pump discharge if the discharge pipe is 4 inches in diameter?  a. 48 psi b. 56 psi c. 64 psi d. 71 psi Solution | Posted 10/08/19  
7 Comments
Max B
10/7/2019 11:13:29 am
d. 71 psi?
Jimmy
10/7/2019 11:50:34 am
C. 64
Shawn Block
10/7/2019 02:02:56 pm
C. 64 psi
Richard Koenig
10/7/2019 03:42:18 pm
C, 64 psi
Amr
10/7/2019 04:15:11 pm
C. 64 psi
Brenton
10/7/2019 09:27:26 pm
c. 64 psi
SK
10/9/2019 05:59:25 am
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