Would you select water or gasoline to try dissolving the following : table sugar, motor oil, rubber from tire marks, adhesive residue from a packing tape

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Anahi Jacobs

11 August, 02:51

Would you select water or gasoline to try dissolving the following : table sugar, motor oil, rubber from tire marks, adhesive residue from a packing tape

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Russell Lyons · Answer 1

To know the answer, we determine the polarities of the solvent we have. Water is polar and gasoline is nonpolar. We remember that like dissolves like. Therefore, the answers are:

table sugar = water

motor oil = gasoline

rubber from tire marks = gasoline

adhesive residue from a packing tape = gasoline