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True or faulse organic fat will not dissolve in water

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False. It can and will dissolve in water.
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Answer: True.

Step-by-step explanation:

Organic fats are nonpolar molecules, while water is a polar molecule.

Since fats do not have any polar part in its structure, to be dissolved in water they would have to break some of water's hydrogen bonds. But this does not happen, so the fat is forced to stay separate from the water. This means nonpolar molecules are repelled by water and do not dissolve in it. They are hydrophobic compounds. So the lipids just float in the water without blending into it.

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