b
$\mathrm{P}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \rho \mathrm{V}_{2}^{2}=\mathrm{P}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \rho \mathrm{V}_{2}^{2}$
$\mathrm{P}_{1}-\mathrm{P}_{2}=\frac{1}{2} \rho\left(\mathrm{V}_{2}^{2}-\mathrm{v}_{1}^{2}\right)$
$\mathrm{h} \times 13600 \times \mathrm{g}=\frac{1}{2} \times 1000\left(\mathrm{V}_{2}^{2}-\mathrm{V}_{1}^{2}\right)$
$A_{1} V_{1}=A_{2} V_{2}=\frac{d(\text { volume })}{d t}$
$\mathrm{V}_{1}=\frac{500}{5}=100 \mathrm{cm} / \mathrm{s}=1 \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}$
$\mathrm{V}_{2}=\frac{500}{2}=250 \mathrm{cm} / \mathrm{s}=2.5 \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}$
$\mathrm{h}=\frac{\frac{1}{2} \times 1000(0.25-1)}{13600 \times 10} \mathrm{m}$
$\mathrm{h}=\frac{1}{2} \times \frac{5.25 \times 100}{136} \mathrm{cm}$