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title: "A student dissolves solid sodium chloride, \\(\\text{NaCl(s)}\\), in distilled water to prepare an aqueous solution. Which of the following particulate representations best shows the predominant orientation of water molecules around the \\(\\text{Na}^+\\) and \\(\\text{Cl}^-\\) ions in the solution?"
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# A student dissolves solid sodium chloride, \(\text{NaCl(s)}\), in distilled water to prepare an aqueous solution. Which of the following particulate representations best shows the predominant orientation of water molecules around the \(\text{Na}^+\) and \(\text{Cl}^-\) ions in the solution?

A student dissolves solid sodium chloride, \(\text{NaCl(s)}\), in distilled water to prepare an aqueous solution. Which of the following particulate representations best shows the predominant orientation of water molecules around the \(\text{Na}^+\) and \(\text{Cl}^-\) ions in the solution?

- **A.** Diagram A
- **B.** Diagram B
- **C.** Diagram C
- **D.** Diagram D

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