Re: Test question

[Brian Whatcott <betwys@SBCGLOBAL.NET>]

I think John's puzzle is the more interesting, too.

For the sinking block, the water level  falls
For the floating block,  the water level
is unchanged.

Given that the block was originally specified as wood,
this implies a rather restricted range of woods
for the sinker: iron wood, ebony, and a few other
exotics of this kind, not always to be found in the
usual New York kitchen.

Brian Whatcott

At 06:53 AM 6/4/2003 -0700, John Barrere,  you wrote:
> I believe a more interesting question is:
>
> Given the initial water level of the cup/2 block/pan
> of water system (which is higher than with only one
> block in the cup), what happens to the water level if
> one block is removed from the cup and placed directly
> in the water? Answer for two cases: one in which the
> block floats partially submerged, the other in which
> the block sinks to the bottom. John Barrere