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A person with swollen gums rinses his mouth with lukewarm salt water and swelling of his gums decreases. This isbecause (1 MARK) a. The gums absorb the salt water solution.b. The salt water solution lowers the temperature of the water in the gums.c. The salt in the solution moves against the concentration gradient.d. The water in the gums moves out due to high concentration of salt in the solution

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A person with swollen gums rinses his mouth with lukewarm salt water and swelling of his gums decreases. This isbecause (1 MARK) a. The gums absorb the salt water solution.b. The salt water solution lowers the temperature of the water in the gums.c. The salt in the solution moves against the concentration gradient.d. The water in the gums moves out due to high concentration of salt in the solution

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The swelling of the gums decreases when a person rinses his mouth with lukewarm salt water because the water in the gums moves out due to the high concentration of salt in the solution. This is a process known as osmosis, where water moves from an area of low solute concentration (in this case, the gums) to an area of high solute concentration (the salt water solution), through a semi-permeable membrane.

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