Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Greg M. Johnson <pte### [at] thecommononethatstartswithycom> wrote:
> > That's where I was headed. Does the cannonball displace more
> > water "underwater" than in the boat
>
>   No, it displaces less when underwater because its volume is "less" than
> its weight, when compared to the water.
>
> --
>

Rethinking.
Using symbols:
Ph20= density of water
Pfe= density of cannonball
Mball= mass of canonball


IN CANOE:
displacement = Mball /(Ph2o)

UNDERWATER:
displacement = Mball / (Pfe)



But I'm not even sure if that's completely right now.

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