Re: OT: a fifth grade physics question

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As is readily apparent, any fifth grader with a PhD could have simply looked it up and gotten an answer.

The intuitive answer that comes to me is that when the mass to volume ratio of the object is less than that of water it floats, thus reducing the volume of water displaced. When that ratio is greater than that of water, it sinks, displacing its entire volume.

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