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The melting points of canola oil, corn oil, sunflower oil, and peanut oil are 10°C, –11°C, –17°C, and –2°C. If you cool a mixture of these oils to 5°C, which one can you separate easily?

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You can separate out the canola oil easily, because it has cooled down enough to turn back into a solid.
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