The "Bowling Ball in a Boat" Paradox
If you're in a boat and you drop a heavy ball into the water; will the water level go up, go down, or stay the same. Solving this requires Archimedes Principle, Newton's Laws, and some logic.
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TIME CODES
00:00 Cold Open
00:27 Common Answer
00:56 Some Bowling Balls Float
01:22 Experiment 1 (Floating Ball)
02:00 Mechanical Equilibrium
02:23 Archimedes Principle
03:19 Experiment 2 (Sinking Ball)
04:13 Explanation 2 (Sinking Ball)
04:41 Extreme Solutions
05:46 Rigorous Solution
06:27 Free Body Diagram of Ball
07:06 Summary
07:43 Featured Comment