The following are placed in a beaker weighing 39.457 g: 2.689 g of NaCl, 1.26 g of sand and 5.0 g water
What is the final mass of the beaker?

nacl is added to the aqueous of what? ? in order to get a proper answer you have to specify the exact composition of the aqueous solution.

water and alcohols have similar properties because water molecules contain hydroxyl groups that can form hydrogen bonds with other water molecules and with alcohol molecules, and likewise alcohol molecules can form hydrogen bonds with other alcohol molecules as well as with water.