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Because water is polar (as is salt) whereas paint-thinner is not polar. Consider the rule "like dissolves like". non-polar covalent solvents (paint thinner) will not dissolve polar solutes (salt)

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Salt is dissolved in water because of the strong polar interactions between the ions in salt and the water molecules. Paint thinner typically consists of nonpolar solvents, which do not have the same electrostatic interactions to dissolve salt.

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