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Assume a balloon material with a constant surface tension of * = 2 N/m. What is the work required to stretch a spherical balloon up to a radius of r = 0.5 m? Neglect any effect from atmospheric pressure.

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Assume the initial area is small, and that we have 2 surfaces inside and out.

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