In article <477d49d8@news.povray.org>, war### [at] tagpovrayorg says...
> Patrick Elliott <sel### [at] rraznet> wrote:
> > Without knowing the size of the boat, the actual weight of the ball, an
d 
> > thus what the displacement will be from that, its not possible to 
> > project if the water will be "more" or "less" displaced by the inclusio
n 
> > of an entire cannon ball in the pool, versus a few millimeters of boat
 
> > sinking slightly more into the water from the weight.
> 
>   The size of the boat nor the weight of the ball make any difference on
> the original question: The original question didn't ask how much the wate
r
> level changes, it only asks if the water raises or lowers. To answer this
> question the only information needed is whether the cannonball has higher
> density than water or not. Since cannonballs are made of metal, the answe
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> is yes. Thus its weight displaces more water than its volume, and thus
> the answer is that the water level lowers.
> 
Yeah. Read that later. Its not like I a) spend a lot of time thinking 
about these sorts of problems, or b) took physics in high school. Took a 
second English course, where I got to read all Sci-Fi stuff instead, so 
I still count as a nerd. ;) lol

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