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Which of the following changes to a pipe would increase the conductance by a factor of 12? 1.quadrupling the length and tripling the radius.2.reducing the length by a factor of and doubling the radius.3.tripling the length and reducing the radius by a factor of .4.reducing the length but a factor of and doubling the radius.

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Two steel balls, each of mass m, are welded to a light rod of length l and negligible mass and are initially at rest on a smooth horizontal surface. a horizontal force of magnitude f is suddenly applied to the rod as shown. determine (a) the instantaneous acceleration a of the mass center g and (b) the corresponding rate at which the angular velocity of the assembly about g is changing with time.