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Ask an adult for two Alka-Seltzer™ tablets and two glasses of water.

Carefully cut one of the tablets into four pieces.

Which tablet do you think will dissolve faster: the whole one, or the one cut into pieces?

Use the two glasses of water to test your prediction.

 

   
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