a).In an experiment to estimate the diameter of an oil molecule, an oil drop of diameter 0.06cm spread over a circular patch whose diameter is...

a).In an experiment to estimate the diameter of an oil molecule, an oil drop of diameter 0.06cm spread over a circular patch whose diameter is 20cm. Determine
(i) The volume of the oil drop
(ii) The area of the patch covered by oil
(iii) The diameter of the oil molecule
(b) State any one assumption made in a (iii) above

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= 3.6023 x 10^-7cm.
b).oil drop in spherical

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sharon kalunda answered the question on September 26, 2019 at 10:39

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