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The configuration when ten phospholipid molecules would assume when placed in water and also explain why they arrange in this configuration.

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Phospholipids are a type of lipids that contain phosphate group which are the important component of cell membranes. A phospholipid contains fatty acid and phosphate group in which fatty acids are hydrophobic tails and phosphate group forms the hydrophilic head.

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