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A nonpolar substance, such as vegetable oil, would not dissolve well in water because water is a polar molecule and dissolves other polar molecules and many ionic compounds, but not nonpolar substances.

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What is the measure of how much of one substance will dissolve in another substance?

well you should go to a library and find out