Jill has a beaker. In this beaker there are two layers. The phone top layer is transparent with a yellow tint to it, and the bottom layer is transparent and clear. Jill decides that the bottom layer is probably water. What is the top layer

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26 May, 02:17

Jill has a beaker. In this beaker there are two layers. The phone top layer is transparent with a yellow tint to it, and the bottom layer is transparent and clear. Jill decides that the bottom layer is probably water. What is the top layer

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Katie Robinson · Answer 1

Vegetable oil. Oil isn't soluble in water, if layered properly it will float on top of the water in a beaker as you so mentioned. This is due to surface tension and density and a slew of other things I'm not intelligent enough to describe.