Is sugar in water solution homogeneous or heterogeneous mixture?

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A mixture is a substance which consists of two or more pure substances (elements or compounds) mixed together in any proportion so that components do not lose their identity.
Examples include seawater, petrol, soil and soft drinks.
Sugar in water solution is a homogeneous mixture because it has the same composition throughout the sample.
There are no distinctive boundaries of separation between various constituents.
Another example of a homogeneous mixture is the salt solution (sodium chloride is dissolved in water).

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