How Does Viscosity Affect Water Flow in Pipes?

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Homework Statement



Water is in laminar flow, in a horizontal pipe 2.5 cm in radius. The pressure drop in a 20m section of the pipe is 3000Pa. The viscosity of the water is 1.2 x 10^-3 N *s/m^3. Calculate the velocity of the water along the axis of the pipe.

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The Bernoulli equation

The Attempt at a Solution



I attempted to apply the Bernoulli equation to this problem, but am not sure what to do with the viscosity of water. Every answer I have come up with is not correct.

How does the viscosity fit into this problem (if at all).
 
Aren't you forgetting about the energy lost to friction added to Bernoulli's equation?
 

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