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You have a plastic box that is 15cm wide x 20cm long x 10cm deep, and it weighs 30 grams. Its volume is 3000cm3, the area that will contact the water is 300cm2, and its density is .01g/cm3.

An object will displace water until the weight of water displaced is equal to the weight of the object. Divide the mass by the surface area, and we learn the box will sink into the water one millimeter.

Now add six 60g tennis balls to it. The total weight is now 390g - thirteen times the mass of the empty box. Divide the mass by the surface area, and the box will sink into the water 13mm.

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