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theWhat is the answer to the following questionwater. If another wood block is placed in the cup, what will happen to
that appears on a recent examination in New York State.
A plastic cup containing a wood block is floating in a pan of
level of the water in the pan?On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 08:29:19 -0500 Brian Whatcott <betwys@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
A. It will go down
B. It will go up
c. It will stay the same
Wood is more dense than air, so a cup with two blocks weighs morevessel.
than a cup with one block. If a floating cup's weight increases, it
floats deeper in the water, i.e. the water level rises around the
As the volume of water in the pan is presumed constant, where the
water is excluded more by the cup, it's level thereby rises
elsewhere.