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Given information

Given in the question that base of an insect's leg has a radius of about and the insect's mass is  .

We need to find the six-legged insect to remain on top of the water.

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.
 
Since the insect is in equilibrium, the upward surface tension force Wt. of insect
 
Radius of the leg of insect .
Surface tension of water  
Mass of the insect  

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