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Sharon pours salt into a glass of water. The salt dissolves. The substance in the glass is
A.
an atom.
B.
an element.
C.
a mixture.
D.
a compound.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
C. a mixture.

When salt (NaCl) dissolves in water it forms a homogeneous solution — a mixture of water and dissolved ions (Na+ and Cl−). It is not a single atom, element, or a new compound.