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A bottle contains either salt or chalk. How will you find out what it has, without tasting it?

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Salt is soluble in water but chalk is not. So, if you add salt to water it will dissolve and form a clear liquid. However, chalk will not dissolve in water and the chalk dust remains in the water.

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