Question

When a mixture of rock pieces, salt and water is filtered, what will be found as the filtrate and what will be found as the residue

Answer 1

Salt solution will be the filtrate

and the rock pieces will be the residue.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is because salt is soluble in water and hence

it cannot be filtered out of water giving as a salt solution as the filtrate and since the rock pieces are not soluble in water they are left out and they become the residue.

Answer 2

Filtrate: Mixture of salt and water.

Residue: rock pieces