College Physics
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Chapter 16, Problem 14P
* (a) Apply your knowledge of probability to explain why a drop of food coloring in a glass of clear water spreads out so that all of the water has an even color after some time. (b) Discuss whether after the food coloring spreads evenly in a glass of clear water it could condense back to an original droplet.
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