- Gravitational force depends only on mass and distance, not on the state of matter.
- The forces of attraction between molecules in matter are electromagnetic in nature, not gravitational.
- These attractive forces are stronger in a solid than in a liquid than in a gas.
- Gravitational forces between molecules is completely negligible compared to the em forces.
So, key answer is inter-molecular forces of solids is stronger than liquids.
Answer:
An independent variable is a variable that is manipulated to determine the value of a dependent variable. The dependent variable is what is being measured in an experiment or evaluated in a mathematical equation and the independent variables are the inputs to that measurement.
Explanation:
Answer:
a) 3.33 ns
b) Water distance = 0.75 m
Glass distance = 0.66 m
Diamond distance = 0.41 m
Explanation:
We take the speed of light, c = m/s.
Speed = distance/time
Time = distance/speed
a)

t = 3.33 ns
b)
Refractive index, n = speed of light in vacuum / speed of light in medium





Thus, the distance traveled in the same time is numerically equal to the reciprocal of the refractive index.
For water n = 1.333
d = 1/1.333 = 0.75 m
For glass n = 1.517
d = 0.66 m
For diamond n = 2.417
d = 0.41 m