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Does plastic ball float on oil?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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14y ago

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This is a trick question.

Gasoline actually dissolves plastics so the ball would neither sink nor float, it would become a part of the solution.

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12y ago

Because it has a density less than the density of oil.

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11y ago

no , it sinks

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Yes.

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it floats

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No it doesn’t

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