| Author | Message | ||
| Bangalore (Bangalore)
New member Username: Bangalore Post Number: 16 Registered: 5-2007 |
/b{In a pond there are 10 fish, one of then dies and the water level of the pond increases..} | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 63 Registered: 6-2007 |
Does the volume of water increase? Does the level go up due to displacement? Does something relavant happen before the fish dies? Does something relavant happen after the fish dies? | ||
| Bangalore (Bangalore)
New member Username: Bangalore Post Number: 17 Registered: 5-2007 |
@Sixtyeight Does the volume of water increase? yes Does the level go up due to displacement? no Does something relavant happen before the fish dies? no Does something relavant happen after the fish dies?yes | ||
| Ostap (Ostap)
New member Username: Ostap Post Number: 47 Registered: 6-2005 |
Was the dead fish taken out? Was it eaten by the other fishes? Relevant from what the fish died? Is the location of the pond relevant? Was it raining? Did water flow into the pond? Did the additional water result from melting snow or ice? | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 223 Registered: 4-2007 |
How much time had passed between the fish dying and the water level increasing? | ||
| Bangalore (Bangalore)
New member Username: Bangalore Post Number: 18 Registered: 5-2007 |
@ Ostap Was the dead fish taken out? not relevant Was it eaten by the other fishes? no Relevant from what the fish died? no Is the location of the pond relevant? no Was it raining? Did water flow into the pond? no but good try Did the additional water result from melting snow or ice?no | ||
| Bangalore (Bangalore)
New member Username: Bangalore Post Number: 19 Registered: 5-2007 |
Emarldink How much time had passed between the fish dying and the water level increasing?not relevent may be after 30min | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 225 Registered: 4-2007 |
Did the dead fish clog the drainage? | ||
| Bangalore (Bangalore)
New member Username: Bangalore Post Number: 20 Registered: 5-2007 |
@Emaraldink Did the dead fish clog the drainage?no | ||
| Tomdb (Tomdb)
New member Username: Tomdb Post Number: 1 Registered: 6-2007 |
Was the dead fish taken out by a man (ie the owner of the pond?) Did he fell in while doing so? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 85 Registered: 6-2007 |
did h20 enter the pond from above the water surface? below the water suface? is the size of the fish relevant? is this phenomenon supported by science? literature? myth? fiction? is the quantity "10 fish" relevant? after the fish died were there 9 fish? did the 9 fish do anything relevant after the death of fish 10? is ther a relevant human? animal (other than the 10 fish)? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 338 Registered: 4-2007 |
does something in the water eat the fish? | ||
| Bangalore (Bangalore)
New member Username: Bangalore Post Number: 21 Registered: 5-2007 |
@Tomdb Was the dead fish taken out by a man (ie the owner of the pond?) Did he fell in while doing so?no @Sixtyeight is the size of the fish relevant? no is this phenomenon supported by science? may beliterature?no myth? nofiction? no is the quantity "10 fish" relevant?yes after the fish died were there 9 fish? yes did the 9 fish do anything relevant after the death of fish 10? yesssss is ther a relevant human? animal (other than the 10 fish)?no @Booklover does something in the water eat the fish?irrelavant | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 229 Registered: 4-2007 |
Does it matter what kind of fish they are? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 97 Registered: 6-2007 |
did 9 fish release some water? | ||
| Kindkath (Kindkath)
New member Username: Kindkath Post Number: 1 Registered: 6-2007 |
Did the other 9 fish cry when the 10th fish died? | ||
| Bangalore (Bangalore)
New member Username: Bangalore Post Number: 22 Registered: 5-2007 |
@Kindkath yo!!!! correct *********SPOILER********** The other 9 fish cried on the death of tenth fish | ||
| Kindkath (Kindkath)
New member Username: Kindkath Post Number: 3 Registered: 6-2007 |
Cool--that's my first later puzzle. Thanks. | ||
| Lateral_link (Lateral_link)
New member Username: Lateral_link Post Number: 14 Registered: 6-2007 |
Me being annoying: The waterlevel in the pond should not increase, because there wasn't any water added. The 9 fish only replaced some water, from the inside of their bodies to the outside. They didn't add anything. Annoying off. | ||
| Tomdb (Tomdb)
New member Username: Tomdb Post Number: 2 Registered: 6-2007 |
that's what lateral thinking is all about... fish can't even cry... but I must say, the thought has crossed my mind. Nice one ;-) | ||
| Kindkath (Kindkath)
New member Username: Kindkath Post Number: 5 Registered: 6-2007 |
A friend of mind gave another possible explanation...the 9 remaining fish became agitated when the 10th fish died. They swam around frantically and their movement heated the water which expanded, thereby slightly increasing the volume. Not certain if this is solid science but it's in the ballpark. | ||
| Cbeck (Cbeck)
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<code>A friend of mind gave another possible explanation...Not certain if this is solid [no pun intended? :-)] science but it's in the ballpark.</code> It's solid. You get about 0.0002 ml increase in volume per degree increase for a gram of water. <smilely> |
