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प्रश्न
Grapes shrink when immersed in a very strong sugar solution.” Explain.
उत्तर
Very strong sugar solution is hypertonic to the grapes juice. Therefore, water from inside the grapes moves to outside hypertonic solution. It results shrinkage of the grapes.
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