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Solid dissolves in aqueous ammonia mainly because

  1. Aammonia lowers the of itself
  2. Bammonia reacts with to give precipitate
  3. Cammonia increases the of the solution
  4. D forms, lowering so that the ionic product falls below

Answer: D

is removed as the stable complex , so and more dissolves. depends only on temperature, and is not consumed.
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