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Chapter 11, Problem 65

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Problem 65PE

When two soap bubbles touch, the larger is inflated by the smaller until they form a single bubble. (a) What is the gauge pressure inside a soap bubble with a 1.50-cm radius? (b) Inside a 4.00-cm-radius soap bubble? (c) Inside the single bubble they form if no air is lost when they touch?

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QUESTION:

Problem 65PE

When two soap bubbles touch, the larger is inflated by the smaller until they form a single bubble. (a) What is the gauge pressure inside a soap bubble with a 1.50-cm radius? (b) Inside a 4.00-cm-radius soap bubble? (c) Inside the single bubble they form if no air is lost when they touch?

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Part (a)

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A soap bubble is a thin film of a hollow sphere containing air in it. This thin film is made up of soapy water. We are going to find the gauge pressure inside a soap bubble.

The radius of the bubble  or

The surface tension of soapy water

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