An Old Remedy for Separating a Pair of Nested Drinking

question 31

Multiple Choice

An old remedy for separating a pair of nested drinking glasses stuck together is to run water at one temperature into the inner glass and then run water at a different temperature over the surface of the outer glass. Which water should be hot and which should be cold?

• A)fill the inner glass with cold water while running hot water over the outer glass
• B)fill the inner glass with hot water while running cold water over the outer glass
• C)submerge both glass in a tub of hot water; wait for a while and then transfer to a tub of cold water
• D)submerge both glass in a tub of cold water; wait for a while and then transfer to a tub of hot water

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