A beaker of salt water contains some solid salt at the bottom. What type of solution is in the beaker?
A) It is a saturated solution.
B) It is a supersaturated solution.
C) It is an unsaturated solution.
D) We cannot tell if it is a saturated, a supersaturated, or an unsaturated solution.

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When a solution has solid salt at the bottom, it means no more solute (salt) can dissolve at that temperature, indicating it is a saturated solution.

A Beaker of Salt Water Contains Some Solid Salt at the Bottom