Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,
Cream pie has a noticeably lower density than water.
Am I going to have to go to Marie Callender's later this week to
buy some for the purpose of determining density? :)
Certainly. My guess is that its density is a fifth that of water.
While you have the pie uneaten, please consider sacrificing a dollop
by dropping a spoonful from a known height and measuring its splash
radius.
This should fascinate the kids: this is how Mommy makes a mess ...
She does lots of measuring ...
* Measure the size of the dollop, say 2 cm across,
* drop it from a known and measured height, say 1 meter, onto a hard
and cleanable floor, such as the kitchen floor, and then
* measure the splat radius (max, min, and roughly, what it is on
average).
Perhaps you can ask if one of the kids wants to wipe up after ...
Then tell us
Of course, many will argue that you cannot extrapolate from a single
dollop and that you should drop various sized dollops from various
heights, so we can extrapolate from a proper equation. But I think a
cream pie should be eaten ...
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