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Q. If a big drop of water is broken into smaller drops the surface energy

Chhattisgarh PMTChhattisgarh PMT 2009

Solution:

When a drop of radius $R$ splits into n smaller drops, (each of radius $r$), then surface area of liquid increases and hence surface energy increases.