Which of the following best explains what happens when salt dissolves in water?

The answer Is the polar solvent molecule surrounds the positive sodium ions and the negative chloride ions.

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a. energy is absorbed in the reaction.

if in a given reaction the energy of products is greater than the energy of reactants it means that reaction is endothermic and during the reaction, the energy is absorbed by reactants. in an endothermic reaction, the products have more stored chemical energy than the reactants. and in this reaction the reactants are more stable than products before the compounds with less energy are always more stable.