What effect does crushing the tablet have on solution rate?

by changing the contact area.

Explanation:

If you have the complete tablet, the contact area will be determine, but if you crush the tablet into smaller pieces, the contact area will increase, in this way the solubility rate will increase, that is reason why sometimes is faster the capsules than the pills.

Hypothesis: If the tablet is placed in warm water, then the tablet will dissolve faster because an increase in temperature speeds up the dissolving rate of some substances.