You've Made a Hot Drink by Dissolving a Teaspoon of Instant

question 22

Multiple Choice

You've made a hot drink by dissolving a teaspoon of instant coffee and a teaspoon of sugar in a cup of hot water. Which of the following statements is true?

• A)You've just prepared an aqueous solution.
• B)The water is the solute portion of the drink.
• C)The instant coffee and sugar are solvents.
• D)The instant coffee and sugar dissolve because they have no charged regions to repel the partial positive and partial negative regions of the water molecules.

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