A liquid having coefficient of viscosity $0.02$ decapoise is filled in a container of cross-sectional area $20 \,m ^2$. If viscous drag between two adjacent layers in flowing is $1 \,N$, then velocity gradient is ........ $s ^{-1}$
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Given,

$F=1\,N$

$\eta=0.02 \text { decapoise }=0.02\,N / sm ^2$

$A=20\,m ^2$

The drag force is given by

$F =\eta A \frac{ dv }{ dx }$

$\frac{ dv }{ dx }=\frac{ F }{\eta A }=\frac{1}{0.02 \times 20}$

velocity gradient, $\frac{ dv }{ dx }=2.5\,s ^{-1}$

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