With a purple dye combination and acetone as the solvent, a student conducts a TLC experiment on a silica gel plate. She gets a R of 0.89 for the blue spot and a R of 0.45 for the red spot. Describe the relevance of her findings.

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With a purple dye combination and acetone as the solvent, a student conducts a TLC experiment on a silica gel plate. She gets a R of 0.89 for the blue spot and a R of 0.45 for the red spot. Describe the relevance of her findings.

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