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Ice Cube Mystery (Posted on 2022-08-09)

Jeanne was offered a drink of water with ice-cubes at a party. She narrowed her eyes and said, "This is part alcohol."
How did Jeanne know?

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta

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Lots of alcohol

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The ice did not float. Ice cubes will sink in a water/alcohol mixture once the amount of alcohol exceeds approx. 40-50% of the total. I'll leave the math to someone else.

Posted by Kenny M on 2022-08-09 07:35:00

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