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The Fact That a Pin Placed Carefully on the Surface

Question 40

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The fact that a pin placed carefully on the surface of the water can remain there without sinking is best explained by

A) gravitation.
B) gauge pressure.
C) surface tension.
D) Archimedes' principle.
E) viscosity.

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