Multiple choice

When salt dissolves in water, the water is the:

  1. solvent

  2. solubility

  3. solute

  4. solution

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Explanation

When a substance dissolves in a liquid, the substance being dissolved is the solute, and the liquid doing the dissolving is the solvent. In this case, salt is the solute and water is the solvent, which together form a solution.