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What is the difference between the solute and solvent? Give an example.

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The solute is the substance that is being dissolved

The solvent is the material that makes things dissolve

Example: salt and water. The salt is the solute the water is the solvent the water(solvent) helps dissolves the salt making the solution salt water.

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