Dissolving sugar in water is ___________ change.

physical

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chemical

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physical and chemical

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it is not a change

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The correct option is A
physical

Dissolving sugar in water is a physical change. A physical change can be defined as a change which affects the form of a chemical substance, but not its chemical composition and the reaction is reversible. Dissolved sugar granules can be recovered by the process of evaporation.

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