From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!uwvax!doug Newsgroups: net.physics Title: Archimede's Problem Solved *SPOILER* Article-I.D.: uwvax.543 Posted: Mon Aug 9 19:17:48 1982 Received: Thu Aug 12 04:50:28 1982 >From pal Mon Aug 9 15:54:57 1982 To: doug Subject: problem solved down. the volume of the rocks is smaller than that of an equivalent weight of water (since rocks are denser than water). when in the boat, the rocks displace an amount of water equal to their weight, but when in the pond they only displace an amount equal to them in volume.