Guest Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 How can you efficiently separate a mixture of 1 kg sand and 1 kg sugar mixed in a bag without doing any work yourself? I realized the logic to this problem I discovered a few weeks ago only yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 How can you efficiently separate a mixture of 1 kg sand and 1 kg sugar mixed in a bag without doing any work yourself? I realized the logic to this problem I discovered a few weeks ago only yesterday. tell someone else to do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 (edited) have anything to do with mixing it in water? That sounds like it might work, if sand doesn't dissolve. Ahhh, clever one, Kay. Edited July 11, 2008 by Frost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 tell someone else to do it? Nope, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Ahhh, clever one, Kay. have anything to do with mixing it in water? That sounds like it might work, if sand doesn't dissolve. Mixing it in water would work, but the problem states that no work should be done by you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 let the tide come in? (assuming the bag of sand and sugar are sitting on the beach) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 I cant be seperated or let the sun soak it up or something close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Is there even eough becsue i dint think that kg was very much is there even anything to mix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 How can you efficiently separate a mixture of 1 kg sand and 1 kg sugar mixed in a bag without doing any work yourself? I realized the logic to this problem I discovered a few weeks ago only yesterday. ants love sugar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Is there even eough becsue i dint think that kg was very much is there even anything to mix That's not the point of the question. <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 ants love sugar Yes! You got it right! Pour the mixture near ants, and they will separate the sand from the sugar, they will take the sugar only! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 (edited) Yes! You got it right! Pour the mixture near ants, and they will separate the sand from the sugar, they will take the sugar only! <_< Though there won't be any sugar leftover, since all the ants took it away. Although it could have been the sand you wanted refined....... Edited July 11, 2008 by Chaplam13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 I feel that's more or less the same as telling someone else to do it, but ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 I feel that's more or less the same as telling someone else to do it, but ok I second that. Yay, that means i'm right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 I second that. Yay, that means i'm right! I know, but what we refer to as 'someone else' would be another human. Humans can't efficiently seperate sand from sugar with out tiny fingers. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 <_< Though there won't be any sugar leftover, since all the ants took it away. Although it could have been the sand you wanted refined....... There definitely wouldn't be sugar leftover, but the mixture was still seperated, right? The goal of the question was only to efficiently seperate the mixture, which the ants did. It wasn't necessary to have any sugar or sand leftover, it just needed to be seperate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 ah i see now empty the 2kg bag into a bucket of water. the sugar will dissolve and the sand will sink to the bottom. pur the water into a large pan and let it sit out to evaporate. there, one kg of sand is now separate from 1 kg of sugar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 ah i see now empty the 2kg bag into a bucket of water. the sugar will dissolve and the sand will sink to the bottom. pur the water into a large pan and let it sit out to evaporate. there, one kg of sand is now separate from 1 kg of sugar... But the problem with that is that only the water will evaporated and the sugar will still stay behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 akaslickster Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 pick the lowest temp at which sugar will melt and the sand will be solid yet then strain the sand with cheese-cloth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 pick the lowest temp at which sugar will melt and the sand will be solid yet then strain the sand with cheese-cloth? Good logic, but when the sugar melts, it will stick to the sand as hardened sugar and even if you strain it, some sugar will still be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 So are bags of sugar will never be safely stored - how comes my bags of sugar are not affected trivia - Tate and Lyle (Sugar producers) do not make a profit on sugar - they sell to be rid of it at cost because they produce other products from the raw material- the sugar market became so competitive that it just had to be moved out the way - this was true some 25 years ago, not sure if it is still holding up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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