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Here's your shmoop du jour, brought to you by Solubility.

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Not to be confused with the knack for getting people acquitted of violent crimes, which

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is a "Saul ability."

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Which of the following substances is soluble in water?

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And here are your potential answers...

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So this is sort of a hit or miss kind of question...

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...we need to know which substances are soluble... and we can only know them by... knowing them.

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In other words, hopefully we've memorized this stuff, or else we're in deep... hydrogen sulfide.

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Ok... these are the rules that we should know...

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Anything with sodium, potassium, ammonium and nitrates is soluble.

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Let's look through all the given answers. A has sodium...soluble. B has sodium...soluble.

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C has ammonium AND nitrate...soluble... double check.

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So ... our answer's D. All of 'em.

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If any of these substances ever gets arrested for carrying dangerous firearms without the required permits...

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...they'd better call Saul.

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