Question

Mieke and Rob take a hiking trip for a couple of days. They decide to camp in the
forest, but they have a problem. There is no water in the forest and they only
brought one litre of water with them in a canteen.
They have bought some lettuce for dinner. The lettuce has to be washed, because it
is sandy. They keep the water they used for washing the lettuce in a kettle. The
next morning they want to make a drink for breakfast with this water, which
contains some sand..
Mieke and Rob can make either coffee or tea, but they do not want to have any
sand in it.
The way in which they could prepare the coffee and tea is shown below:
making coffee making tea
2p 1 o Does the sand in the water not interfere with the preparation of coffee or with
the preparation of tea? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

They decide to camp in the forest, but they have a problem. There is no … ... brought one litre of water with them in a canteen. They have ...