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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which is true about dissolving a polar substance in water? A)The solvent particles are all nonpolar molecules. B)The solute particles are carried into the solution. C)The solute particles have no attraction for the solvent molecules. D)The solute particles are very different from the solvent molecules.

OpenStudy (kainui):

What do you think?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I think it is c

OpenStudy (kainui):

Why have you closed the question? The answer is not C because water is a polar solvent. A polar solute not dissolving in water would be like throwing a magnet into a pile of magnets and not having it stick to any of the magnets in the pile, and just sinking to the bottom.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okay

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