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Grade upto college level Mechanics

If two soap bubbles of different radii are connected by a tube.
(a) air flows from the smaller bubble to the bigger.
(b) air flows from bigger bubble to the smaller bubble till the sizes are interchanged
(c) air flows from the bigger bubble to the smaller bubble till the sizes become equal
(d) there is no flow of air.

Profile image of Amit Saxena
12 Years agoGrade upto college level
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Profile image of Navjyot Kalra
12 Years ago
(a). Let pressure outside be P0
∴ p1 (in smaller bubble ) = P0 + 2T/r
P2 (in bigger bubble ) = P0 + 2T/R (R>r)
∴ P1 > p2
hence air moves from smaller bubble to bigger bubble.