The turbine in Fig. 5-24 is used in a small hydroelectric plant. If the discharge through the 0.3-m-diameter draft tube at B is 1.7 m³/s, determine the amount of power that is transferred from the water to the turbine blades. The frictional head loss through the penstock, turbine, and draft tube is 4 m.
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