Consider steady flow of water in a situation where two pipe lines (pipe $$1$$ and pipe $$2$$) combine into a single pipe line $$(pipe-3)$$ as shown in the figure. The cross-sectional areas of all three pipelines are constant. The following data is given :

Assuming the water properties and the velocities to be uniform across the cross section of the inlets and the outlet, the exit velocity (in $$m/s$$) in pipe $$3$$ is