Reyna is making a mixture of lithium chloride (LiCl)) and water (H2O). The lithium chloride completely dissolves in the water, LiCl (aq). What is the solvent?

Water

Explanation:

The solvent that formed this mixture is the water. The solute is lithium chloride.

Since the solvent is the dissolving medium, it is stated in the problem that lithium chloride completely dissolves in the water.

Therefore, the water is the solvent.

hydrocarbons are organic compounds that contain only hydrogens and carbons. they can be saturated (those which contain only carbon-carbon single bonds) or unsaturated (those which contain carbon-carbon double or triple bonds) in nature. hydrocarbons can undergo several reactions like substitution, elimination etc.  

on substituting one or more hydrogen atoms in hydrocarbon it results in the formation of haloalkane. as the halogen atoms are large compared to the carbon and hydrogen atoms, due to which the molecular weight increases and the bond become polar because of presence electronegative halogen atom and results in the increase in boiling point of the haloalkane.

thus, the correct option is (b) that is the boiling point of the new compound increases on substituting a hydrogen atom with a halogen in a hydrocarbon.