A mixture of vegetable oil and water will separate into layers because oil is ____ and forms ____

a. hydrophobic; nonpolar associations
b. hydrophilic; nonpolar associations
c. hydrophilic; polar associations
d. hydrophobic; polar associations
e. hydrophobic; ionic associations


A

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