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19 October, 18:52

Consider two identical small glass balls dropped into two identical containers, one filled with water and the other with oil. Which ball will reach the bottom of the container first? Why?

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  1. 19 October, 19:01
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    The ball dropped in water will reach the bottom of the container first because of the much lower viscosity of water relative to oil.

    Explanation:

    Oil is more less dense than water. Thus, the molecules that make up the oil are larger than those that that make up water, so they cannot pack as tightly together as the water molecules will do. Hence, they will take up more space per unit area and are we can say they are less dense.

    So, we can conclude that the ball filled with water will reach the bottom of the container first this is because oil is less dense than water and so the glass ball filled with oil will be a lot less denser than the one which is filled with water.
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