If you dissolve 5 teaspoons of salt in 100 mL of water and find that the solution is saturated, which of the following can be inferred?

100 mL can dissolve more salt.

More water is needed to dissolve more salt.

Salt is always soluble in water.

The solution can still dissolve salt.

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