How does the increase in the surface area affect the evaporation rate?

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Decreases the evaporation rate

Increases the evaporation rate

Does not change the evaporation rate

Cannot predict

answer is B.

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The increase in surface area increases the evaporation rate of any liquid.
Evaporation is the process where the liquid state of a substance gets converted to the vapour/gaseous state—the evaporation rate increases as the surface area of the liquid increases. For example, when we spread a shirt in the air, the evaporation process is enhanced as the surface area of the wet shirt exposed to air increases.

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