The rate at which a solute dissolves in a given solvent is determined by a. the extent to which the solution is agitated b. the temperature of the solution c. the size of the solute particles d. all of the above

periodic trends is an atom that gets larger as the number of electronic shells increase, the radius of atoms increases as you go down a certain group in the periodic table of elements. in general, the size of an atom will decrease as you move from left to right of a certain period.