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the size of two objects if one of them
floated right, like a piece of wood I
mean?
"I am really impressed you thought of
that. It is good to know the limitations
of any scientific method. But it is also
important to see if you can come up with
a simple work-around. Can you think of a
way to work around that problem Tania?"
Tania thought for a moment and said "You
could push the wooden piece in so it is
submerged in the water". She sounded
very sceptical that the solution could
be that simple.
To her surprise papa said "That is
correct Tania, but you need to push it
just a little below the surface so your
finger does not get submerged too
pushing the water further up."
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