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Question
Grapes shrink when immersed in a very strong sugar solution.” Explain.
Solution
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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