Give Reason:
Fractional distillation and not a separating funnel is used for separating a mixture of methyl alcohol and water.

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Solution

Methyl alcohol and water are miscible liquids. Two miscible liquids do not separate into layers based on their density and thus cannot be separated by using a separating funnel. Due to differences in their boiling points these can be separated by distillation.

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