Jamal is combining salt with water in order to determine its solubility. He notices that after adding ten
spoonfuls of salt, no more will dissolve into the water. Which statement best explains his observation?
a) There is not enough solute added to the solution
b) The solution has reached its saturation point,
C) The density of the salt is being changed,
d) The state of the water is being changed,

1. suppose a reaction mixture, when diluted with water, afforded 300 ml of an aqueous solution of 30 g of the reaction product malononitrile [ch2(cn)2], which is to be isolated by extraction with ether. the solubility of malononitrile in ether at room temperature is 20.0 g/100 ml, and in water is 13.3 g/100 ml. what weight of malononitrile would be recovered by extraction with (a) three 100-ml portions of ether and (b) one 300-ml portion of ether? suggestion: for each extraction, let x equal the weight extracted into the ether layer. in part (a), the concentration in the ether layer is x/100 and in the water layer is (30 x)/300; the ratio of these quantities is equal to k 20/13.3.