How does the Law of Conservation of Mass apply to dissolved sugar?

The solid sugar crystals break apart in water as the sugar dissolves, but the individual sugar particles or molecules are still present and do not change as a result of dissolving in the water. The combined mass of the sugar and water shouldn't change.

answer: musical connotation

leonard b. meyer (1918-2007) was an american composer, author and philosopher. his work emotion and meaning in music is perhaps the first major treatise on music. it is a philosophical and psychological work, greatly influenced by koffka (one of the major proponents of gestalt psychology). his work deals with the problem of musical meaning and musical communication.