<span>1) 0.2M ferric nitrate is added gradually to 1M sodium hydroxide. In result, a red precipitate appears. The precipitate is ferric hydroxide. 2) </span><span>0.2M potassium chromate is added gradually to 0.05M lead acetate. in result, a yellow precipitate appears. The precipitate is called potassium acetate. The common between the two is that the colors originated from one of the reactants. </span>
They can use the properties to test and come to some kind of conslusion about the object because in some way it's gotta correlate back to one of the different properties of matter.