Consider the table listing the solubilities of several alcohols in water and in hexane. Which statement best describes the observed trend in terms of intermolecular forces?

(a) As you move down the list, molecules become more polar, less soluble in water, and more soluble in hexane.

(b) As you move down the list, molecules become more polar, more soluble in water, and less soluble in hexane.

(c) As you move down the list, molecules become less polar, less soluble in water, and more soluble in hexane.

(d) As you move down the list, molecules become less polar, more soluble in water, and less soluble in hexane.

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Alcohol Methanol (CH3OH) Ethanol (CH3CH₂OH) Propanol (CH3CH₂CH₂OH) Butanol (CH3CH₂2CH₂CH₂OH) Solubility in H₂O Solubility in Hexane (C6H14) Space-Filling Model (mol alcohol/100 g H₂O) (mol alcohol/100 g C6H₁4) Miscible Miscible Miscible 0.11 0.12 Miscible Miscible Miscible