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when the water is hot, there is more energy and the water particles are moving faster, thus there is a higher amount of collisions per unit of time with the solute particles (the thing you are dissolving)

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Hot water speeds up dissolving by increasing the kinetic energy of the molecules, allowing them to move faster and collide more frequently with the solute, breaking it down more quickly. The increased temperature also decreases the solute's solubility, allowing more of it to dissolve in the water.

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