Homer's Blood Pressure problem

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Homer's blood pressure


The volume of blood that passes through a cross-section of an artery (of radius R, with pressure difference P) per unit time is given by the formula

pz03blood.gif
(
pz03l.gif
is the length of the artery and
pz03n.gif
is viscosity of the blood - both are assumed constant). F is often called the flux. High blood pressure results from constriction of the arteries. As the radius of the arteries shrinks, the blood pressure needs to increase to maintain a constant flux. Suppose
pz03P.gif
and
pz03R.gif
are the initial radius and the initial pressure. Then the flux is
pz03flux0.gif
. If the pressure and radius at some other time are P and R, then the flux is
pz03flux.gif
. Using the fact that flux must remain constant, determine an expression for P in terms of R,
pz03R.gif
, and
pz03P.gif
. As the years go by, the diameter of Homer's arteries is given by
pz03Rt.gif
, where t is the number of years from the present.

1. What is Homer's blood pressure in terms of his original blood pressure 10 years from now?
2. Homer's doctor would like to perform angioplasty to enlarge the arteries when his blood pressure has doubled. When will this happen?
 
I need help with approaching this huge word problem!

Homer's blood pressure


The volume of blood that passes through a cross-section of an artery (of radius R, with pressure difference P) per unit time is given by the formula

pz03blood.gif
(
pz03l.gif
is the length of the artery and
pz03n.gif
is viscosity of the blood - both are assumed constant). F is often called the flux. High blood pressure results from constriction of the arteries. As the radius of the arteries shrinks, the blood pressure needs to increase to maintain a constant flux. Suppose
pz03P.gif
and
pz03R.gif
are the initial radius and the initial pressure. Then the flux is
pz03flux0.gif
. If the pressure and radius at some other time are P and R, then the flux is
pz03flux.gif
. Using the fact that flux must remain constant, determine an expression for P in terms of R,
pz03R.gif
, and
pz03P.gif
. As the years go by, the diameter of Homer's arteries is given by
pz03Rt.gif
, where t is the number of years from the present.

1. What is Homer's blood pressure in terms of his original blood pressure 10 years from now?
2. Homer's doctor would like to perform angioplasty to enlarge the arteries when his blood pressure has doubled. When will this happen?
What are your thoughts?

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My thought for the first part is to solve the F= equation for P(pressure difference).
 
My thought for the first part is to solve the F= equation for P(pressure difference).
It is given to you:

\(\displaystyle F \ = \ \dfrac{\pi*P*r^4}{8\eta * l}\)

Where are you stuck?
 
So once I solve that and get it to be P=something

then where do I go from here?
No!

Read the question carefully. F is constant over time - R is function of time. That makes P a function of time.
 
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