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What is the mole fraction of a solute in solution?

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The mole fraction of any solution refers to the moles of solute divided by the sum of the moles of solute and moles of solvent.
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The mole fraction of a solute is the ratio of the number of moles of that solute to the total number of moles of the solution.

mole fraction of A = moles of A / total number of moles.

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