A pump motor is used to deliver water at a

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A pump motor is used to deliver water at a certain rate from a given pipe. To obtain twice as much water from the same pipe in the same time, power of the motor has to be increased to

A

$16$  times

B

$4$  times

C

$8 $ times

D

$2$  times

A pump motor is used to deliver water at a certain rate from a given pipe. To obtain twice as much water from the same pipe in the same time, power of the motor has to be increased to

Power of a pump$ = \frac{1}{2}\rho A{v^3}$
To get twice amount of water from same pipe v has to be made twice. So power is to be made $8$  times.