Solved: One liter of oil is spilled onto a smooth lake. If

Chapter 1, Problem 1.51

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One liter (\(1000 cm^3\)) 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 \(2 \times 10^{-10}\ m\).

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