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Your mother stores tap water after it passes through a cloth tied at mouth of container. This process of separation is:

A

Decantation

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B

Filtration

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C

Sedimentation

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D

All the above.

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Solution

The correct option is B
Filtration

The cloth acts as filter to keep away the insoluble particles from water. This separation method is known as filtration.

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