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A best option to obtain salt from sea water is
(a) evaporation
(b) filtration
(c) decanation
(d) sedimentation

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Solution

(a) evaporation
Evaporation is the most appropriate method to collect solids dissolved in water. Seawater gets evaporated and leaves behind solid salt.

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