A teacher had two clear liquids, Liquid A and Liquid B. The teacher filled one beaker with Liquid A, and then added Liquid B, drop by drop, until solid crystals suddenly formed on the bottom of the beaker. Which of these is the MOST LIKELY explanation for what happened?

i believe the answer is a.

it forms an anion that has a larger radius. anions have a negative charge and are larger than the original atom.

hydrocarbons are organic compounds that contain only hydrogens and carbons. they can be saturated (those which contain only carbon-carbon single bonds) or unsaturated (those which contain carbon-carbon double or triple bonds) in nature. hydrocarbons can undergo several reactions like substitution, elimination etc.  

on substituting one or more hydrogen atoms in hydrocarbon it results in the formation of haloalkane. as the halogen atoms are large compared to the carbon and hydrogen atoms, due to which the molecular weight increases and the bond become polar because of presence electronegative halogen atom and results in the increase in boiling point of the haloalkane.

thus, the correct option is (b) that is the boiling point of the new compound increases on substituting a hydrogen atom with a halogen in a hydrocarbon.