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Why can't water pass through a cell membrane?

-All of these are true.
-The lipid part of a phospholipid is hydrophobic and repels water.
-They can, if they have a channel protein to help them across.
-Water is polar and the lipids are non-polar so they repel each other.

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They are all correct
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All of the above are correct
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