Re: [Phys-l] Finishing up with that Dead Horse.

[Chuck Britton <cvbritton@embarqmail.com>]

Full to the brim both before and after the cube is lowered.

Let''s keep it ridiculously simple.
Is the 'Buoyant Force'  'caused' by the loss of the water or by the 
collisions of water molecules that MUST be under the cube in order 
for buoyancy to occur?

Everybody got their answers ready??
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At 1:24 AM -0400 11/7/10, Hugh Haskell wrote:
> At 17:57 -0400 11/06/2010, Chuck Britton wrote:
> > Careful Hugh - I'm specifically stating that the water container is
> > filled to the brim.
> > Some water WILL flow out of the system.
> When before the cube is lowered into the tank or after?
>
> If before, why bother. Why not just save the extra calculation and
> fill it enough so that it will cover the cube without letting the
> cube touch bottom. Makes the calculation easier and doesn't change
> the physics.