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A diver is able to cut through water in a swimming pool.which property of matter does this observation show?

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Particle of matter have space between them. This space is more for gas and less for liquid. Or we can say the intermolecular forces are less in gas and more in liquid. Solids have strogestintermolecular forces. So one cannot cut the solid. But the diver is able to cut easily through water.

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