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An instrument used to measure the airspeed on many early low-speed airplanes was a venturi duct with a convergent-divergent duct (the front section's cross sectional area decreases in the flow direction, and the back section's cross sectional area increases in the flow direction. There is a "throat" in which the area is minimum.). Let A1 and A2 denote the inlet and throat areas, respectively. Let P1 and P2 denote the pressure at the inlet and throat, respectively. If the area ratio is A2/A1 = 1/4 and P1 - P2 = 80 lb/ft2. If the aircraft is flying at standard sea level, what is the velocity in knots?