Question

Two students in science class were investigating the effects of osmosis on chickens eggs exposed to varying concentrations of sugar solutions. The total volume of each sugar solution was 300 milliliters. How much solute and solvent is needed to create a 60% sugar solution?

Answer 1

The ratio is 180/120

Step-by-step explanation:

Osmosis is a process which takes place when there are two environments with different concentration in terms of a specific solute and these environments are usually seperated by some sort of membrane which the solute can pass through from one environment to the other. In this case, the egg shell acts as a membrane and since the environment inside the egg is less concentrated than the outside in terms of sugar, the osmosis takes place. To achieve a sugar solution with 60% concentration in this example, the solute and solvent ratio should be as 180 grams of solute which is sugar and 120 mililiters of solvent.

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