Floating of cork

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  • Pawan Kumar

    Sep 26th, 2017

If you place a cork in a half-filled glass of water, it will always drift to the side of the glass. Is there a way to get the cork to float in the horizontal center of the glass? If so, how can this be accomplished? If not, why not?

A. No, no matter how you place the cork into the glass, the cork will always move toward the edges

B. No, because the cork will always float to the highest point of the water

C. Yes, you must be in a place with greater downward gravity

D.Yes, fill the glass completely

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Pawan Kumar

Pawan did B. Tech. in Material Science & Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 2005. He is an educational consultant and motivator. He has been involved in the field of education for more than nine years. His ability to understand needs of students individually coupled with the ability to develop their skills accordingly makes him highly popular among students