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Question
A girl is cooking some food in the kitchen. The smell of food being cooked soon reaches her brother's room. Explain how the smell could have reached her brother's room.
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Solution
The smell of food is reaching her brother’s room because the particles of matter are constantly moving from one place to another place, through the process of diffusion.
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