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Which of the following is a solution?

A)
milk


B)
salt water


C)
chlorine


D)
muddy water

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Step-by-step explanation:

b. salt water is the correct answer

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Question -:

Which of the following is a solution?

A) milk

B) salt water

C) chlorine

D) muddy water

Explanation -:

What is a solvent ?

A liquid that can dissolved in a solution.

What is a solute ?

A substance that is dissolved in a solution.

What is a solution ?

A solution is a homogeneous mixture of one or more solutes dissolved in a solvent.

Opition a)

Milk is not a solution. Milk is a mixture because milk has more than one phase suspended in it. Milk is a mixture of water, lipids, fats, proteins, and carbohydrates, as well as other substances.

Opition a is not the correct answer

Opition b)

Salt water is a solution. It is a solution because salt particles completely dissolve in water.

Opition b is the correct answer

Opition c)

Chlorine gas is an element. An element is a pure substance that consists of only one type of particle.

Opition d)

Muddy water is not a solution.It is a mixture. Solid dust and liquid have been mixed but the two but the two are not mixed on a molecular scale to form one state.

Opition d is not the correct answer

  • Hence Opition b) is a solution.
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