$A$ mixture containing two liquids visibly separated,is placed in a separating funnel. Answer the following:
$(i)$ What type of liquids form the mixture?
$(ii)$ Which of the liquids will form the lower layer?
$(iii)$ What is the principle behind this method of separation?

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(N/A) $(i)$ Immiscible liquids.
$(ii)$ The liquid with higher density will form the lower layer.
$(iii)$ The principle behind this method is that immiscible liquids separate out into distinct layers based on their differences in densities.

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