Why does z1 equal z2 if position 2 is higher than position 1?

[foo9008]

Homework Statement

why z1=z2 ? isn't the position 2 is higher than position 1 ?

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The Attempt at a Solution

 

[haruspex]

Homework Statement

why z1=z2 ? isn't the position 2 is higher than position 1 ?

Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution

The question is rather unclear, but I believe the diagram is the plan view, i.e. looking from above. (It doesn't say "45 degrees to the horizontal".)

 

[foo9008]

The question is rather unclear, but I believe the diagram is the plan view, i.e. looking from above. (It doesn't say "45 degrees to the horizontal".)

the height of both are not the same, right??

 

[haruspex]

the height of both are not the same, right??

No, I'm saying that the flow is all at the same horizontal level. Reread what I posted before.

 

[foo9008]

No, I'm saying that the flow is all at the same horizontal level. Reread what I posted before.

if this is side view , the ther must be some value for z , right ? z can't be equal to 0 ?

 

[haruspex]

if this is side view ,

but it isn't.

 

[foo9008]

but it isn't.

sorry , what do you mean ? i didnt get you

 

[haruspex]

sorry , what do you mean ? i didnt get you

It's the plan view, i.e. you are looking down onto the pipe from above. The z direction is out of the page. The flow is all on one horizontal level.

 

[foo9008]

It's the plan view, i.e. you are looking down onto the pipe from above. The z direction is out of the page. The flow is all on one horizontal level.

if this is a side view , then z can't be = 0 , right ?

 

[haruspex]

if this is a side view , then z can't be = 0 , right ?

If it were a side view, that would be true.