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Sucrose and monosodium glutamate (MSG) are added to a salad dressing made of vinegar and oil. If the mixture is then shaken, it will eventually separate into two phases. After this phase separation, where will most of the sucrose and MSG be located?

a. Both will concentrate in the vinegar.
b. Both will concentrate in the oil.
c. Both will concentrate at the interface between the two phases.
d. Sucrose will concentrate in the oil, and MSG will concentrate in the vinegar.
e. Sucrose will concentrate in the vinegar, and MSG will concentrate in the oil.

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Answer:

both will concentrate in the vinegar layer because both are polar and Hbond with vinegar (an acid)

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