Properties such as boiling point, freezing point and vapour pressure of a pure solvent change when solute molecules are added to get homogeneous solution. These are called colligative properties. Applications of colligative properties are very useful in day-to-day life. One of its examples is the use of ethylene glycol and water mixture as anti-freezing liquid in the radiator of automobiles. A solution M is prepared by mixing ethanol and water. The mole fraction of ethanol in the mixture is 0.9. Given: Freezing point depression constant of water $$\left( {K_f^{water}} \right) = 1.86$$ K kg mol ${}^{-1}$ Freezing point depression constant of ethanol $$\left( {K_f^{ethanol}} \right) = 2.0$$ K kg mol ${}^{-1}$ Boiling point elevation constant of water $$\left( {K_b^{water}} \right) = 0.52$$ K kg mol ${}^{-1}$ Boiling point elevation constant of ethanol $$\left( {K_b^{ethanol}} \right) = 1.2$$ K kg mol ${}^{-1}$ Standard freezing point of water = 273 K Standard freezing point of ethanol = 155.7 K Standard boiling point of water = 373 K Standard boiling point of ethanol = 351.5 K Vapour pressure of pure water = 32.8 mm Hg Vapour pressure of pure water = 40 mm Hg Molecular weight of water = 18 g mol ${}^{-1}$ Molecular weight of ethanol = 46 g mol ${}^{-1}$ In answering the following questions, consider the solutions to be ideal dilute solutions and solutes to be non-volatile and non-dissociative.The freezing point of the solution M is :