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Up or down or... (Posted on 2005-07-22)

A jar filled partially with water has an object floating in it. The jar is open. Now, if the jar is closed and a vacuum pump is used to pump the air out, what will happen to the floating object? will it rise up more or sink or ...? and why?

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Subject	Author	Date
Another Solution	Brian Smith	2016-02-07 21:55:10
up or down or...	Tom Skaar	2006-07-10 17:57:57
Easy!	Aerik	2006-03-14 02:11:25
density is the key	Snydley	2005-10-18 21:22:35
No Subject	dave	2005-10-14 01:01:31
re: A solution	Haruki	2005-09-09 03:10:41
A solution	Gregory Uyeda	2005-09-09 03:05:28
re: And I think	Hugo	2005-08-05 08:48:41
re: depends on density	Mark Sales	2005-08-04 19:52:37
Assumptions	Larry	2005-07-23 13:23:33
Some thoughts	Devin Mahnke	2005-07-23 11:06:37
Solution	ravi	2005-07-23 10:56:24
depends on density	Larry	2005-07-22 23:05:37
i don't know	Mandi	2005-07-22 22:32:13
And I think	Hugo	2005-07-22 19:00:10
re(2): I think...	Charlie	2005-07-22 17:45:45
re: I think...	Vinod Kagal	2005-07-22 17:07:04
Buoyancy	Bob Smith	2005-07-22 16:57:21
I think...	Charlie	2005-07-22 15:23:42
object	jon	2005-07-22 15:04:03

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