Question

why do dry apricot placed in salt solution do not swell while they do so when kept in water​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Apricot in the salt solution does not swell, because the outer solution is hypertonic. The water moves from the hypotonic to the hypertonic solution. And that is why it swells in the water, because water is hypotonic than the inner apricot medium.

Answer 2

Answer:

apricots did not swell because around them is hypotonic solution

while when they are in water it is hyper tonic solution