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Explain how and why a drop of syrup can spread through the water in a beaker without stirring?

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Step-by-step explanation:

A drop of syrup would spread through water because water molecules interact and dissolve the syrup molecules and the molecules of the syrup randomly diffuse into the water from the region of higher concentration to the region of lower concentration till they become evenly distributed in the water.

Once the molecules become evenly distributed into the water, an equilibrium is established and there is no longer net movement.

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