You go see a movie at mid-day to have the theater to yourself. To your dismay, a guy wearing a great deal of a foul cheap cologne sits next to you. You move a few seats away to escape the odor. You keep moving farther and farther from where the guy is sitting until the smell is tolerable. Your movement in seating illustrates the

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Your movement away from the source of the foul odor to a point where it becomes tolerable is an example of trying to find an equilibrium or a more comfortable position relative to the concentration of the cologne smell in the air, similar to how substances move along a concentration gradient from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration until equilibrium is reached.

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