Question

Kool-Aid is a solution created with water and Kool-Aid powder. Which of the following best explains the relationship between solute and solvent in this solution?

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Question 1 options:

Water is the solute and Kool-Aid powder is the solvent


Water and Kool-Aid powder are both solutes


Water is the solvent, and Kool-Aid powder is the solute


Water and Kool-Aid powder are both solutes

Answer 1

Water is the solvent and Kool-Aid is the solute.

If you haven't heard the term:

"Water is the universal solvent"

That's the easiest way to remeber that water is AWLAYS A SOLVENT!

While a solute is what is being mixed into the solvent!