Write True\" or \"False\" at the beginning of each of the following statements:

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Write True" or "False" at the beginning of each of the following statements: Hexane is a saturated hydrocarbon, but cyclohexane is unsaturated because each C of cyclohexane has only two H atoms and can accept two more H atoms. Methane gas is colorless, but it has foul smell Octane, which is liquid at room temperature, is not miscible with water but miscible in other alkanes such as hexane, or cyclohexane, or heptane. An Alkane that is solid at room temperature is heavier (higher density than water, and sinks in water. Alkanes cannot dissolve in water because they are non-polar and water is polar.

Explanation / Answer

Statement a is a fales statement because both the hexane and cyclohexane are saturated hydrocarbons. Statement b false because methane is a colorless and odourless gas. Statement c is true. Statemeent d is false because the density of higher solid alkanes is less than water and they float above water. Statement e is true.

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