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You have 2 balls with identical diameter and weight. One is solid, one is hollow. How can you find the solid one?

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You have 2 balls with identical diameter and weight. One is solid, one is hollow. You can't tell by knocking on them. How can you find the solid one?

posted Apr 24, 2017 by anonymous

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Drop it in water, which floats, is the hollow one.

answer Apr 26, 2017 by anonymous
If both are of same weight and diameter then either both will float or both will not float.
Same diameter means same volume.
commented Apr 26, 2017 by Salil Agrawal
It doesn't say that material is same. So the weight can be same for same diameter.
commented Jul 9, 2019 by Subhash Gupta



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