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