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Question:

When you add about 2 mL of acetic acid to a test tube containing an equal amount of distilled water and leave the test tube to settle after shaking its contents, then after about 5 minutes what will you observe in the test tube?

A layer of acetic acid over the layer of water

A white precipitate settling at its bottom

A clear colourless solution

A layer of water over the layer of acetic acid

Solution:

When equal amount of water and acetic acid is mixed, a clear colorless solution is obtained. A homogeneous solution is formed which indicates acetic acid is soluble in water.