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The marine water strider, Halobates, has a mass of . If it has six slender legs, find the minimum contact length of all of its legs combined to support itself in water having a temperature of . Take , and assume the legs are thin cylinders that are water repellent.
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mass of strider:
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water temperature:
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water surface tension:
This is necessary to determine the minimum contact length.
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