Predict how phospholipids arrange themselves when they are placed in a nonpolar solution.
A)The phospholipid heads would orient toward the solution.
B)The phospholipid tails would orient toward the solution.
C)The phospholipids would form a bilayer.
D)The phospholipid would form a liposome.

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Phospholipids have a polar head and nonpolar tails. In a nonpolar solution, the nonpolar tails would orient themselves toward the solution to minimize the interaction between the polar heads and the nonpolar solution, leading to the tails facing outward.

Predict How Phospholipids Arrange Themselves When They Are Placed in a Nonpolar