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Question
Malar’s mother was preparing to cook dinner. She accidentally mixed ground nuts with urad-dhal. Suggest a suitable method to separate the two substances so that Malar can have ground nuts to eat.
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Solution
The groundnuts shall be separated by hand-picking method because they are in different sizes When compared with urad-dhal.
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