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Why are hydrophobic molecules such as fats and oils unable to dissolve in watery solutions?

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Hydrophobic mplecules are unable to fissolve in watery solution becuse they dislike water.

Hydro= water
-phobic= fear

Hydrophobic= fear of water, or disliking water
*Think of it like this:
when you mix oil and water, do they mix, or does oil float at the top?

If your reply is "oil float to the top", then you're right. Oil and water DOES NOT mix together. Hope that help!
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