Which colligative property is employed when salt is put on an icy sidewalk to melt ice?

vapor-pressure lowering

boiling-point elevation

freezing-point depression

For this number, we are to determine the colligative property that is affected by the addition of salt in the sidewalk in order to melt the ice. The answer is that the colligative property being displayed is the freezing point depression. Colligative properties are innate properties of substances and are only dependent on the amount of substance being added.

C: plants and animals

The answer should be vaporization