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Water level (Posted on 2003-03-10)

I’m sitting in a boat in a pool. In the boat with me is a cannonball. What happens to the level of the pool if I take the cannonball out of the boat and drop it into the pool? Does the level increase, decrease or stay the same?

See The Solution Submitted by fwaff

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-07-02 22:55:17
re(3): as long as...	Thalamus	2004-05-04 10:37:53
re(2): as long as...	logischer Verstand	2004-05-03 20:44:57
re: as long as...	Thalamus	2004-04-15 13:02:02
as long as...	logischer Verstand	2004-04-15 12:59:03
re(2): depends on the density	Vinodhan Selvarajalu	2003-05-10 22:48:58
re: depends on the density	Chaz	2003-05-03 09:31:18
No Subject	Chaz	2003-05-03 09:28:43
No Subject	Jon	2003-04-11 06:26:41
re(2): depends on the density--Another solution	Charlie	2003-03-21 09:14:13
re: depends on the density	fwaff	2003-03-21 05:56:29
depends on the density	Helen	2003-03-21 05:00:03
re: Solution	Mike Convente	2003-03-12 12:57:56
Solution	Mike Convente	2003-03-12 12:57:14
re(2): Good puzzle!	Bryan	2003-03-11 05:17:10
re: Good puzzle!	Ravi Raja	2003-03-11 03:52:36
re: Solution	Ravi Raja	2003-03-11 03:49:00
Solution !!!!	Ravi Raja	2003-03-11 03:45:26
Good puzzle!	Bryan	2003-03-10 10:19:58
Solution	friedlinguini	2003-03-10 07:06:18

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