An egg sinks in soft water but floats in a concentrated solution of salt because – (1) Egg absorbs salt from the solution and expands (2) Albumin dissolves in salt solution and egg becomes lighter (3) The density of salt solution exceeds the density of eggs (4) Water has high surface tension

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(3) The density of salt solution exceeds the density of eggs Explanation: Following the density principle, the density of the egg compared to the density of the tap water is lesser (the density principle states that an object or substance with lesser density will float on the surface of the substance or object which has the greater density). Now, with salt, salt makes the density of the tap water to increase and increases also the salinity of the water making the egg float because the density of the water with salt is now greater than the density of the egg and that is why an egg sinks in soft water but floats in a concentrated solution of salt.

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