Having heard about your success with the bottling problem, you are contacted by a fluids c...

Having heard about your success with the bottling problem, you are contacted by a fluids company that wishes to automate bubble-counting in certain processes for quality control. The company has solved the imaging problem and can obtain 8-bit images of size 700 ×700 pixels, such as the one shown. Each image represents an area of 7 cm2. The company wishes to do two things with each image: (1) Determine the ratio of the area occupied by bubbles to the total area of the image, and (2) count the number of distinct bubbles. Based on the material you have learned up to this point, propose a solution to this problem. In your solution, make sure to state the physical dimensions of the smallest bubble your solution can detect. State clearly all assumptions that you make and that are likely to impact the solution you propose.