You prepare a solution by combining 5 g of glucose with 95 g of water. What type of solution are you making?
a. Normal
b. Percent
c. Ratio
d. Weight/volume
ANS: B
Percent solution. A percent solution is weight of solute per weight of solution. Five grams of glucose dissolved in 95 g of water is a true percent solution. The glucose is 5% of the total solu-tion weight of 100 g.
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