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asked if he could help.
Papa nodded and said "Over 2000 years
ago the king of Syracuse had a similar
problem. The king had given a goldsmith
a block of pure gold to make a crown for
him. The goldsmith though talented was
also known to be dishonest. He presented
the king with a beautifully crafted
crown. "
"But the king suspected that the
goldsmith had substituted some of the
pure gold with silver and kept the gold
for himself. The king wanted to know if
he had been duped. Desperate to know the
truth, the king approached the scientist
Archimedes. Archimedes promised to do
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