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Given information

Given in the equation that,

Force   

Diameter of the plunger   

Diameter of the needle 

Gauge pressure  

We need to calculate the force on the plunger that would be needed to push fluid into a vein.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

 

The force needed to push the plunger is,
   
Force,
Pressure
Area
The area of the plunger is,
 
Here is the radius of the plunger
Convert the units of the pressure from to
 
 
 

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