Surface Tension: Estimating Droplet Radius with a Sprayer

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i have a question on surface tension.
if i had a a sprayer which squirted a liquid of density p through a hole of radius 'r', following which the liquid breaks into 'n' equal-sized droplets.can i estimate the radius of each droplet??
 
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