Really need help with this homework question!! George brings you mystery liquid A. You carefully pour it into a graduated cylinder with water (D= 1 g/mL), mystery liquid B (D=6.1 g/mL) and mystery liquid C (D=0.4 g/mL) so that they don’t mix. You find that mystery liquid A forms a layer between mystery liquid B and water. Provide a SPECIFIC range of densities mystery liquid A could have and explain your reasoning. For example, the range of densities is 10.1g/mL - 12.4 g/mL

Please give explanation if possible :)

it is the most commonly accepted one

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.