Arrange the following in increasing order of forces of attraction between the particles – water, sugar, oxygen. 

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Sugar is a solid; the forces of attraction between the particles of sugar are strong. Water is a liquid; the forces of attraction here are weaker than sugar. Oxygen is a gas; the forces of attraction are the weakest in gases.

Thus, the increasing order of forces of attraction between the particles of water, sugar and oxygen is

Oxygen < Water < Sugar

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Oxygen < Water < Sugar.

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