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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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The fruit is acidic as it turns blue litmus solution to red .
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