EASY METHOD OF VERIFYING  PRINCIPLE OF ARCHIMEDES.
YOU  WILL NEED:   A DRINKING STRAW,    TWO FIVE RUPEE COINS,   SOME STRING,   AND  A BEAKER WITH THREE FOURTH OF WATER.
TIE THE TWO FIVE RUPEE COINS ON BOTH THE SIDES OF A DRINKING STRAW USING STRINGS.  MAKE THEM SUSPEND EQUAL IN LENGTH. FIND OUT THE CENTRE AND TIE ANOTHER STRING TO IT.  HANG THE CENTRE STRING TO A  STAND.  BRING THE BEAKER TO ONE OF THE COINS. CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SEE THAT THE COIN IS NOT TOUCHING  THE SIDES OF THE BEAKER. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE SIDE IN WHICH THE COIN IS IMMERSED WILL GO HIGHER.
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