Question

The water in a 150-mL flask is poured into a beaker that contains 600 mL of ethyl alcohol. Which substance is the solvent in this mixture?

~ water because it is a very polar compound
~ ethyl alcohol because it has a lower density than water
~ ethyl alcohol because it has a much larger volume than water
~ water because it has dissolved in ethyl alcohol

Answer 1

ethyl alcohol because it has a much larger volume than water

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The compounds water and ethyl alcohol are infinitely soluble to each other. This means that they can create a homogeneous solution with any combinations of their amounts. With the given above, the solvent in the mixture is the ethyl alcohol only by the fact that it has a greater volume than water. Thus, the answer is the third choice.