Richard Hake wrote:
> For example, a "normalized weight D" of a BODY of weight "W" and
> volume "V" could be DEFINED as:
>
> D = W/V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1)
>
> where D is just the "weight density". Ever since the work of
> Archimedes (231 + or - 21BC) it's been known by the scientific
> cognoscente that the density "D" IS A MUCH BETTER INDICATOR OF
> WHETHER OR NOT A BODY WILL SINK OR FLOAT IN WATER THAN IS THE WEIGHT
> "W."
So if she weighs the same as a duck...
-Robert Dawwson
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