Calculating Water Speed Through a Hose

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Homework Statement



A water hose 2 cm in diameter is used to fill a 20 L bucket. If it takes 1 min to fill the bucket, what is the speed at which the water moves through the hose ( note 1L= 1000cm^3)

Homework Equations


Bernoulli's equation
P1+.5pv^2+pgh1=P2+.5pv^2+pgh2

The Attempt at a Solution


I tried to plug various numbers in, however the problem is unspecific and i am stuck on how to find pressures 1 and 2. can someone explain this to me?

 
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Yeah after i posted this question i looked through the book and found that formula... but i used it for the area of the base of the hoseis rather than the bucket and got 1.06 m/s... is that okay?