Water in a dish evaporates faster than in a bottle. Give reasons

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In this case, water in dish evaporates faster as compared to water in bottlebecause dish surface area is greaterthan surface area of bottle so more Number of molecules will escape into atmosphere and thus increases the rate of EVAPORATION.

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