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Why are drops and bubbles spherical?

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Due to property of surface tension. The surface of liquid behaves like a stretched membrane and has a tendency to acquire minimum surface area. The sphere has minimum surface area when compared to other shapes of same volume
Therefore, drops and bubbles acquire spherical shape in order to have the minimum surface area.
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