When you add about 2 ml of acetic acid to a test tube containing an equal amount of distilled water and leave the test tube to settle after shaking its contents, what will you observe in the test tube after about 5 minutes?
A white precipitate settling at its bottom
A clear colorless solution
A layer of water over the layer of acetic acid.
A layer of water over the layer of acetic acid.
B.
A clear colorless solution
The correct option is B.
When acetic acid is mixed with distilled water, they form a clear solution because acetic acid is completely miscible with water.