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A solution is oversaturated with solute. Which could be done to decrease the oversaturation?

dilute the solution
add more solute
cool the solution
add a different solute

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Dilute the solution.

Adding solvent lowers the solute concentration toward or below the saturation point. Adding more solute would increase oversaturation; cooling usually lowers solubility (can induce precipitation but initially makes the solution relatively more supersaturated); adding a different solute won't reduce the original oversaturation.