You are given a compound that has a melting point of 560 C. You dissolve some of the compound in water and measure the pH of the resulting solution to be 11. You are told that the compound is either KCl, Ca(OH)₂, C₆H₁₂O₆, or H₂SO₄. Which of these compounds were you given? Explain.

Coat color in cats is determined by genes at several different loci. at one locus on the x chromosome, one allele (x ) encodes black fur and another allele (xo) encodes orange fur. females can be black (x x ), orange (xoxo), or a mixture of orange and black called tortoiseshell (x xo). males are either black (x y) or orange (xoy). bill has a female tortoiseshell cat named patches. one night, patches escapes from bill\'s house, spends the night out, and mates with a stray male. patches later gives birth to the following kittens: one orange male, one black male, two tortoiseshell females, and one orange female. what are the genotypes of patches, the stray male, and the kittens?