If Sue mixes 20g of sugar with 60g of water; what is the wt% sugar of the solution? What is the solute? What is the solvent?

Question

If Sue mixes 20g of sugar with 60g of water; what is the wt% sugar of the solution? What is the solute? What is the solvent?

Answer 1

The solute is sugar (the thing being dissolved)

The solvent is water (the thing doing the dissolving)

Total mass of solution = 20 g + 60 g = 80 g

Mass percent is parts per 100 or grams sugar per 100 grams of solution

20 g/80 g (x100%) = 25% by weight or weight percent.