An unique mango placed in a concentrated salt solution to prepare pickle, shrivels because ?

it gains water due to osmosis

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it loses water due to reverse osmosis

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it gains water due to reverse osmosis

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it loses water due to osmosis

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The correct option is D it loses water due to osmosis
The passage of a fluid through a semipermeable membrane toward a solution of lower concentration, especially the passage of water through a cell membrane into the surrounding medium.

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An unique mango placed in a concentrated salt solution to prepare pickle, shrivels because ?

The correct option is D it loses water due to osmosisThe passage of a fluid through a semipermeable membrane toward a solution of lower concentration, especially the passage of water through a cell membrane into the surrounding medium.

The correct option is D it loses water due to osmosis
The passage of a fluid through a semipermeable membrane toward a solution of lower concentration, especially the passage of water through a cell membrane into the surrounding medium.