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While working in the chemistry lab, you dissolve 2.5g of sodium hydroxide chips into a beaker containing 50mL of water. As you pick up the beaker to add it to a separate solution, you notice the outside of the beaker is very cold. What explains this decrease in temperature?

Question 45 options:

Energy was absorbed when the bonds between sodium and hydroxide ions were broken


Energy was gained when the sodium and hydroxide ions formed new bonds with the water.


Energy was released when the sodium and hydroxide ions came together to form NaOH.


Energy was released when the bonds between sodium and hydroxide ions were broken.