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Five liters (5000 cm3) of oil is spilled onto a smooth lake. If the oil spreads out uniformly until it makes a circular oil slick just one molecule thick, with adjacent molecules just touching, estimate the diameter of the oil slick. Assume the oil molecules have a diameter of 2 10-10 m.

Answer should be in meters. Please explain results.

2007-01-22 16:00:28 · 1 answers · asked by Jessie L 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

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Model it as a cylinder with height of 2 * 10^-10 m and find the area of the base. The answer should be in m^2 not m.

2007-01-22 16:07:52 · answer #1 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋