In one or two sentences, explain why the combined weight of several liquids mixed in an open flask can be less than but never more than the sum of all the weights of the ingredients.

The law of conservation of mass states that mass is neither created or destroyed, so the combined mass of all the products after the reaction will be the same as the mass of all the reactants and never more, but since the flask is not closed, the gases produced from the reaction will move into the atmosphere and the product left behind , the solids and/or liquids, will be the only products that you’ll end up weighing, meaning it’ll be less weight than the original reactants. The reason I’m interchanging weight and mass is because although weight changes with gravity, so long as the gravitational force stays constant throughout the experiment, it’s pretty much the same.

Explanation:

when—without warning—something provokes your anger, you may struggle not to succumb to it. since what typically makes you mad is feeling powerless in the face of what seems unfair, your anger is mostly an attempt at a “quick fix” to right the balance. it’s as though you’re raising a fist in protest, proclaiming that you’re not going to capitulate to such injustice.

there are, however, a multitude of problems related to this immediate, push-back reaction of anger. and probably the key one is that almost never does it resolve the issue that gave rise to it. such reactive anger is probably best understood as self-defeating. as david burns, the author of the seminal self- book feeling good, observes: if realistically, acting on your anger is to make any sense, it needs to meet two criteria—which, in almost every case, is frankly impossible. that is, your anger must:

be directed toward a person who has intentionally (and needlessly) behaved in a hurtful way toward you; and

be beneficial or advantageous to you (i.e., assist you in achieving a desired goal).

i think you’ll agree that only rarely can you claim that your anger is both warranted and , whether to yourself or the relationship.

so let me offer you a two-step alternative to abandoning your better judgment and giving in to the temptation of anger—one that should neutralize your anger in seconds. or, when you’re really angry, in minutes.

but keep in mind that you must really want to execute these steps, be sufficiently motivated to perform them. which means overcoming more unconscious resistance than you might ever have imagined. because there are many immediate “advantages” of anger that can interfere with your resolve, i’ll suggest a few of them that might interfere with your employing this powerful method to rid yourself of counter-productive anger.

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