COLLEGE PHYSICS:VOL.1
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Chapter 12, Problem 1MCQ
To determine
The evidence that rejects the explanation that wet clothes become dry because the air absorbs water, from the given options:
a. The clothes dry faster if you blow air across them.
b. They do not dry if you put the wet clothes in a plastic bag.
c. The clothes dry faster under a vacuum jar with the air pumped out.
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