Asked by darren

To make lemonade Erica dissolved 30 g of sugar in a certain amount of water. By what amount is the mass of water likely to increase after the sugar dissolves?

Hint: The law of conservation of mass states that in a closed system, mass cannot be created or destroyed.

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30 g

10 g

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
30 g.

When Erica dissolves 30 g of sugar in the water, no mass is lost — the sugar simply becomes part of the solution. The total mass of the water-plus-sugar increases by 30 g (the water's own mass doesn't change).