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An inflatable dinghy is floating in a swimming pool.  Which will raise the water level higher: throwing a brick into the dinghy or throwing a brick into the water?

Concepts involved:

  • weight, mass, displacement of water, volume, density (advanced concepts: bouyancy, upthrust).

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