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When you add about 2 ml of acetic acid to a test tube containing an equal amount of distilled water and leave the test tube to settle after shaking its contents, what will you observe in the test tube after about 5 minutes?

  • A white precipitate settling at its bottom

  • A clear colorless solution

  • A layer of water over the layer of acetic acid.

  • A layer of acetic acid over the layer of water.

Solution

B.

A clear colorless solution

The correct option is B.

When acetic acid is mixed with distilled water, they form a clear solution because acetic acid is completely miscible with water.