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Some fats, like oil, are liquid at room temperature, whileothers, such as butter, are solid. A) Explain how the structure ofthese molecules determines whether they are liquid or solid. B)Somethings, such as sugar, easily dissolve in water while others,like oils, don’t dissolve in water. What aspect of the molecule’sstructure determine whether it dissolves in water or not?

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aTo form a solid molecules need to pack together nicely while in aliquid there is less order and the molecules flow around eachotherButter has animal fat which is saturated likemore densely packed due to the structure of carbon bonds maximally bonded carbon atoms in the 1222 carbon fatty chainsThis allows the chains to sort of dovetail and next to each otherenhancing intermolecular attractions    See Answer
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