How many of the following processes could be described as product-favored: dissolving the first spoonful of sugar in a cup of hot coffee; alcohol separating from a beer sample at 5^$\circ$C; dissolving the ninth spoonful of sugar in a cup of hot coffee; sediment settling out of an muddy water sample?

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Dissolving the first spoonful of sugar in hot coffee and sediment settling out of muddy water are product-favored processes. The first is due to the solubility of sugar in hot liquids, and the second is due to gravity causing sediment to settle. The ninth spoonful of sugar may not dissolve due to saturation, and alcohol separating from beer at 5°C is not typically product-favored.

How Many of the Following Processes Could Be Described as Product-Favored