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One liter (1000 cm3 )of oil is spilled onto a smooth lake.
Chapter 20, Problem 48GP(choose chapter or problem)
One liter \(\left(1000 \mathrm{~cm}^3\right)\) of oil is spilled onto a smooth lake. If the oil spreads out uniformly until it makes an 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 \(2 \times 10^{-10} \mathrm{~m}\).
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QUESTION:
One liter \(\left(1000 \mathrm{~cm}^3\right)\) of oil is spilled onto a smooth lake. If the oil spreads out uniformly until it makes an 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 \(2 \times 10^{-10} \mathrm{~m}\).
ANSWER:Step 1 of 3
The question is asking us to find the diameter of a oil spill with a height of . We can figure out the diameter by using two equation, first the volume of a cylinder, , where we will be solving for r and to finally get our diameter of the oil spill. Below are the given values and their assigned variables that we will use for our calculations.