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A knife, which is used to cut a fruit, was immediately dipped into water containing drops of blue litmus solution. If the colour of the solution is changed to red, what inference can be drawn about the nature of the fruit and why ?

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Since the colour of the blue litmus has bhanged to red, this means that the fruit juice is acidic in nature.
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