Once upon a time, I was traveling from Kaunas Lithuania to Klaipeda to see Egle, the queen of serpents. Being the queen of serpents, she has certain magical powers. In exchange for some sand, salt, and iron, she will grant my wish. I put all three things in my bottle together and traveled. During my travels, the salt, sand, and iron got mixed up. No big deal right? Wrong. Egle wants each thing separated before she will grant my wish.... Am I just out of luck completely?

Please write your response and explain your reasoning.

Fortunately, in this scenario, you are not out of luck. Each of these components has a unique trait that would allow you to easily separate them. For starters, you can separate all of the Iron with a strong magnet since iron has a magnetic field while sand and salt do not. Next, you can separate the salt and sand by adding water since salt will dissolve in the water leaving only the sand which is not soluble. Once the sand is removed you would simply need to distill the water/salt mixture which would separate the salt from the water. Now you have all three components separated and can get your wish.