Water falls from a tap, down the streamline

Area decreases

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Area increases

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Velocity remains same

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Area remains same

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Solution

The correct option is A Area decreases
When water falls from a tap, down the streamline area decreases due to increase in velocity of liquid as it experiences gravity, i.e., by equation of continuity.
$A_{1} v_{1} = A_{2} v_{2}$

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