Question

Students were asked to place a mint in their mouths and determine how long it took for the mint to dissolve. The

Answer 1

B. The time is likely between 40 - 80 seconds.

Explanation:

One group of students were asked to leave a whole mint in their  mouth, not moving it around, and let it dissolve, which takes very long time to dissolve since there is lower frequency of collision among the saliva particles and mint.

Another group swirled a whole mint around in their mouths, so the frequency of collision between the saliva and the mint particles increases, there by increase in dissolving capacity, but the timing will be lesser when compared to other groups used mints broken into smaller pieces.

So the time for swirling is likely between 40 - 80 seconds.