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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Dropping the Steel Ball in Jamaica

In Jamaica, if you drop a steel ball weighing five pounds from a height of 45 inches, will it fall more rapidly through water at 20 degrees Fahrenheit or water at 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Or will it make no difference?
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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous12/17/2008 1:10 PM

    Both temperatures are highly unlikely in Jamaica, but that is actually irrelevant -- water at 20 degrees Fahrenheit is ice.

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  2. Anonymous12/17/2008 6:40 PM

    The temps aren't found in Jamaica!

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  3. Sudipta Chatterjee12/18/2008 3:01 AM

    20 degrees farenheit is frozen ice -- 32 F is the freezing point. So, 40 degrees

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  4. Anonymous12/09/2009 4:18 PM

    20 degrees farenheit is obviously wrong because the water would be ice. 40 degree farenheit is correct.

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  5. Anonymous3/24/2010 2:25 PM

    I think the point is that the steel ball would travel faster through warmer (less dense) water than colder (more dense) water

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  6. Anonymous12/04/2010 2:48 AM

    I think the point is this is a joke question designed to fool those who don't think outside the box. Similar to the giraffe in the refrigerator.

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