Question

20 grams of sugar was dissolved into a beaker of water. 10 minutes later an additional 5grams of sugar was added to the solution and the sugar dissolved easily. What does this tellyou about the original sugar-water solution?A.It was unsaturatedB.It was supersaturatedC.It was already saturatedD.A neutralization reaction has taken place

Answer 1

Since sugar was already dissolved and then there were added 5 additional grams of sugar and they dissolved easily, that means that the maximum amount possible of solute was not reached yet. This is a definition of an unsaturated solution. Then, the original sugar-water solution was unsaturated.