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Explain the following observation: Wet clothing spread out on a clothes line dries more quickly than wet clothing left in a pile.

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The reason wet clothes spread out dry faster than when left in a pile is because there is more surface area therefore the rate of evaporation increases and this decreases the time it takes for the water molecules to diffuse into the air.

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