If 10 cm 3 of distilled water is added to 10 cm3 of an aqueous salt solution, the concentration of the solution

Emmanuel24458

1 year ago

When distilled water is added to an aqueous solution, the concentration of the solution decreases. This is because the amount of solute remains the same while the volume of the solution increases.
Let’s consider the initial concentration of the salt solution as

and the initial volume as

. When 10 cm³ of distilled water is added, the new volume becomes

.
The amount of solute remains unchanged, so the new concentration

can be calculated using the dilution formula:

Since

, we have:

Since

is in both the numerator and the denominator, it cancels out, leaving:

As

increases (due to the addition of water), the denominator

increases, making

smaller than

. Therefore, the concentration decreases.
The correct answer is. decreases

locaet26

2 months ago

ok