Where is the flowrate maximum located?

I can't resist one more calculation.  We can find the maximum enhancement readily.  First take the derivative.

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Set it to 0 and find the value of η.  Isn't Mathematica great!!.  

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We have observed that it does not change much with M.  Lets see why by looking at the solution for large M.

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The value of the maximum is about 0.29.  You now know even more about this problem.  

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