Salting is used as one of the methods of preserving fish. Justify. Select one of the options below as your answer:

A. Salting of fish leads to diffusion of water from the salt into the fish, making it juicier and helping in preservation of the fish.
B. Salting of fish leads to diffusion of water out of the fish, causing removal of water, making the fish drier, and thus helping in preservation.
C. Salting of fish leads to diffusion of salt out of the fish, making it drier, and thus helping in preservation.

Respuesta :

I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is option B. Salting is used as one of the methods of preserving fish because salting of fish leads to diffusion of water out of the fish, causing removal of water, making the fish drier which does not allow bacteria to grow.

Answer:

Salting of fish leads to diffusion of water out of the fish, causing removal of water, making the fish drier, and thus helping in preservation.