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- From: vanloon@cwi.nl (Maarten van Loon)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Christmas problem
- Message-ID: <8456@charon.cwi.nl>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 09:37:14 GMT
- Sender: news@cwi.nl
- Organization: CWI, Amsterdam
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- Hello everybody,
-
- In a Christmas puzzle for engineers, the following two problems
- were given. Since I am not a physician, maybe you guys can help
- me. I already asked several physicians, but they all had different
- opinions. Here they come:
-
- 1. A glass of water is standing on a balance.
- At a certain moment someone puts a thermometer in the glass,
- without touching the glass and still holding the thermometer
- in his (or her) hand. Question: does the balance show a
- heigher or lower weight or does it indicate the same weight?
-
- 2. An astronout takes a bottle filled half with whine with him
- in space. What does he see when he looks to the bottle in
- space?
-
- Suggestions are welcome. I will fill in the answers which are
- most often suggested.
- By the way, the puzzle consists of more problems which I will
- hopefully all solve by myself.
-
- Merry Christmas and a happy 1993,
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- | Maarten van Loon | Don't hurry, be happy |
- | email: vanloon@cwi.nl | Not knowing Bach = not really living|
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