Rita placed a carrot in salty water and noticed that the carrot shrivelled .explain why

This is because when a carrot is kept in hypertonic (high salt concentration )solution the exosmosis occurs due to high salt concentration outside and low water concentration due to which water expelled out and carrot gets shrivelled.

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Because water molecules move from low concentration (carrot) to higher concentration (salty water ).
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