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Re: My Answer to a Common Question
Posted By: Den-Kara, on host 206.64.3.100
Date: Monday, November 27, 2000, at 17:47:28
In Reply To: Re: My Answer to a Common Question posted by Dracimas on Monday, November 27, 2000, at 07:30:15:

> If you place a small, live fish in a bucket of water, does this increase the weight over that of the bucket/water combination alone?
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> My first response was to say "Yes" but then I thought about the displacement of the water and could not be so sure. What do you all think?
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> Drac "Not to sharp on abstract problems" imaS

Are you assuming that the bucket is completely filled to the brim, so no more water could possibly fit into it?

~Den-"one atom oxygen for every two of hydrogen"Kara