Tap water is a mixture

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is A True
A mixture consists of two or more substances which are present together but are not combined chemically.
Tap water consists of water along with dissolved salts and impurities which are not chemically combined.
Hence tap water is a mixture.
Therefore the given statement is true, that tap water is a mixture.
To be precise it is a heterogeneous mixture as the composition is not fixed throughout the mixture.

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