Question

antonio is experimenting with solutions. he takes a large beaker of distilled water and dissolves salt, and then sugar. has antonio created a solution or a mixture? if it is a solution, identify the solute(s) and solvent(s). (1 point) by dissolving salt and sugar in water, antonio made a solution. solutions can have many solvents, but only one solute. in this solution, salt and sugar are solvents, and water is the solute. by combining three ingredients, antonio made a mixture. solutions can only consist of one solvent and one solute. antonio created a mixture because solutions can only have one solvent, but he used salt and sugar as solvents. antonio dissolved salt and sugar in water to form a solution. solutions can have many solutes, but only one solvent. in this mixture, salt and sugar are solutes, and water is the solvent.

Explanation:

A solution is a homogeneous mixture where one or more substances (solutes) are dissolved in another substance (solvent). In this case, salt and sugar are dissolved in water. A solution can have multiple solutes but typically one solvent. Water is the solvent here as it is the substance in which the other substances (salt and sugar - the solutes) are dissolved. A mixture can be heterogeneous or homogeneous. Since the salt and sugar are dissolved uniformly in water (assuming complete dissolution), it is a solution. Also, the first option has incorrect identification of solutes and solvents (swapped them), the second and third options wrongly classify it as a mixture.

Answer:

Antonio dissolved salt and sugar in water to form a solution. Solutions can have many solutes, but only one solvent. In this mixture, salt and sugar are solutes, and water is the solvent.