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The air you breathe is made of 21% oxygen and 78% nitrogen. The oxygen in air is the _____ and the nitrogen is the _____. A) solution, solute

B) solute, solvent
C) solvent, solution

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The oxygen in the air is solute and the nitrogen is the solvent. The air we breathe has 21% oxygen and 78% nitrogen. The correct answer is B. 
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