Josh is making homemade lollipops. the recipe calls for dissolving 400 g sugar in 100 g of water. his friend, alex, said that would never work because sugar's solubility is 204 g per 100 g of water at 20°c. despite alex's doubts, josh successfully dissolves all 400 g of the sugar. what did josh do that allowed him to dissolve that much sugar in only 100 g of water? josh used sugar cubes instead of granulated sugar. josh used a pan with a large surface area. josh stirred the solution. josh heated the water.

The correct answer is "josh heated the water."

The solubility of sugar is 204 g per 100 g of water only at 20°C. The solubility of sugar increases with increase in temperature. At high temperatures the kinetic energy of water molecule increases which can now effectively break apart the sugar molecules that are held together by intermolecular forces of attraction.

Thus 400 g of the sugar will dissolve in water at a temperature higher than  20°C.

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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