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  1. Why does the skin of your finger shrink when you wash clothes for a long time?

Skin of our finger shrink when we wash clothes for a long time because of exosmosis. The outside solution of detergents acts as hypertonic solution for the cells of our fingers. So water from the cells of our fingers move out through osmosis due to concentration gradient. Thus, it result in shrinkage of our fingers during washing of  clothes for a long time. 

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the skin of one's finger shrinks when one washes clothes for a long time becuse of the outward flow of water from the finger to outside due to yhe process of exosmosis

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When we wash clothes water moves out from cells due to osmosis as outside solution is hypertonic solution resulting in the skin shrinking.

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