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How do we normally decide which component of a mixture is the solute , and which is the solvent

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We can determine whether a substance is a solute or solvent by looking if that substance dissolves or does the dissolving. Solvents are water, milk, ethanol, acetone etc while solutes are sugar, salt, coffee grounds etc
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