People use a variety of methods to wash clothes. Usually after adding the soap, they ‘beat’ the clothes on a stone, or beat it with a paddle, scrub with a brush or the mixture is agitated in a washing machine. Why is agitation necessary to get clean clothes ?

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A soap molecule has two parts namely hydrophobic and hydrophilic. With the help of these, it attaches to the grease or dirt particle and forms a cluster called micelle. These micelles remain suspended as a colloid. To remove these micelles (entrapping the dirt), it is necessary to agitate clothes.

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$(ii)$ $\begin{matrix}
   H  \\
   |  \\
   H-C=O  \\
\end{matrix}$

$(iii)$ $\begin{matrix}
   \begin{matrix}
   H\,\,\,\,\,H\,\,\,\,\,\,\,H\,\,\,\,\,H\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \,\, \\
   |\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,  \\
\end{matrix}  \\
   H-C-C-C-C-C\equiv C-H  \\
   \,\,\,\,|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,  \\
   H\,\,\,\,\,\,\,H\,\,\,\,\,\,\,H\,\,\,\,\,H\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \\
\end{matrix}$

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