Please help me with number eight I don't understand it. Please note I am 60 years old trying to help my son learn chemistry and this is not a test.

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Please help me with number eight I don't understand it. Please note I am 60 years old trying to help my son learn chemistry and this is not a test.  

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When a liquid ionic solute is dissolved in a non-polar solvent, three different layers are formed. 

The compound generally follows "like dissolve like" that means a polar solute will be dissolved in polar solvent and a non-polar solute will be dissolved in non-polar solvent.

Ionic solute contains ions which are free to move in the solution. 

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