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Question
Give reasons:
When a teaspoon of sugar is added to half a glass of water and stirred, the water level in the glass remains unchanged.
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Solution
When a teaspoon of sugar is added to half a glass of water and stirred, the water level in the glass remains unchanged because the sugar particles are adjusted between the water molecules as intermolecular gaps are more in liquids.
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