Consider sweetened ice tea. which of the following is a solute?
a. water
b. the beverage itself
c. ice
d. sugar

the beverage itself and the sugar

Explanation:

The sweetened ice tea is a solution made up of the tea(beverage), water and sugar. It becomes chilled to form sweetened ice tea.

The sugar and the beverage is dissolved in the water to form a solution of the tea depending on the desired specification. Water here is the solvent because in it, the solutes are dissolved.

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