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Question
You want to wear your favourite shirt to a party, but the problem is that it is still wet after a wash. What steps would you take to dry it faster?
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Solution
The process of drying the shirt can be made faster in the following ways:
- Spread the shirt to increase the surface area which will increase the rate of evaporation.
- Put it in the sun to increase the temperature to increase the rate of evaporation.
- Keep it under the fan to increase the wind speed which increases the rate of evaporation.
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