Would the volumetric flow rate in a pipe, assuming laminar flow, be more or less if the fluid were more viscous, but the

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Would the volumetric flow rate in a pipe, assuming laminar flow, be more or less if the fluid were more viscous, but the

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Would the volumetric flow rate in a pipe, assuming laminar flow,
be more or less if the fluid were more viscous, but the
pressure gradient, dP/dz was the same in both cases?
Use formula for the volumetric flow rate to answer,
but explain why the result makes sense using the meaning
of viscosity.
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