Question

Biology Question:

What we are given from the problem:

- Suppose two competitive runners need to rehydrate themselves quickly after completing in a marathon

- Suppose two runners want to drink a volume, V

- One runner decides to drink ice water and the other runner decides to drink water at room temperature

- Create an equation for the maximum water drinking time for a constricted esophagus(cold water) in terms of the maximum water drinking time of an unconstricted esophagus(room temperature), the radius of the esophagus in the unconstricted state(room temperature), and the radius of the esophagus in the constricted state(cold water)

- Estimate and compare the consumption times for a constricted and unconstricted esophagus

Things to assume in order to solve this problem

- Linear velocity of the liquid is the same in the constricted and unconstricted states.

- radius of the esophagus decreases by 10% when cool beverages are consumed

Answer 1