Re: Test question, normal assumptions

[Rodney Dunning <rdunning@BSC.EDU>]

Herbert H Gottlieb wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 09:38:44 -0500 Rodney Dunning <rdunning@BSC.EDU>
> writes:
>
> > Herb,
> >
> > How many pans are deep enough to allow complete submergence of a
> > plastic cup?
>
>
> All of the pans in my kitchen at home are deep enough.  I assume
> that many such pans are generally available in the rest of the country
> also.
>
> Herb

When I read the word "pan" I think of cooking utensils generally 1 to 3
inches deep, or those saucer-like dishes used to separate gold from
gravel and dirt- those are probably 1 to 3 inches deep. I fry eggs in a
pan that is probably about 2 inches deep (I don't have it in front of
me). I can imagine a small plastic cup containing small blocks of wood
(the size of ice-cubes) floating in such a pan, but not completely
sinking in it. Perhaps the test-writers had the same thing in mind.
Apparently, you're thinking of a much deeper container?

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Rodney Dunning
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