2 cups of rubbing alcohol mixed with 2 cups of water makes how many cups of the new mixture?

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anonymous · Answer

What's this , physics?

anonymous · Answer

Must be a trick..

amistre64 · Answer

....looks all innocentlike ...

anonymous · Answer

it evaporates....

amistre64 · Answer

lol .... no evaporation takes place, its a magic world where nothing in the textbooks can be applied to real life

anonymous · Answer

hmm (very suspicious)

anonymous · Answer

Ok, we know it's not 4 because u posted it..

amistre64 · Answer

$$\color{#00ff45}{\text{what!?!}}$$

anonymous · Answer

how is it being mixed ?

amistre64 · Answer

you pour one into the other :)

anonymous · Answer

lol

anonymous · Answer

Something weird, like oil and water...

amistre64 · Answer

its something less than 4, yes

anonymous · Answer

maybe - 4 cups of the new mixture. assuming you have a container large enough to hold 4 cups without overflowing

anonymous · Answer

What is rubbing alcohol anyway..?

anonymous · Answer

can we use normal alcohol ?

amistre64 · Answer

the alcohol parts are small enough to nestle inbetween the water parts and they actually create a total volume that is less than their combined amounts; mass might be the same tho

amistre64 · Answer

rubbing alcohol is what they use to teach you not to cut yourself

anonymous · Answer

http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/fun_n_games/activities/experiments/experiment_addup.html

amistre64 · Answer

only abnormal alcohols

anonymous · Answer

So I'm drinking some space with my water....

amistre64 · Answer

yep, and thats why you burp lol

anonymous · Answer

http://openstudy.com/groups/chemistry http://openstudy.com/groups/physics

anonymous · Answer

Did he post it in there as well?

amistre64 · Answer

those are just fake study groups; everyone knows this is where the action is

anonymous · Answer

It's easier to fool physicists (duck)

anonymous · Answer

No physicists in the house, then:-)