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KeiaYamada
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This is something I've always wondered and I have never taught about this at school so I leave a thread on this forum.
I know that displacement = the mass of the object, but I don't quite get this concept.
For example, if you have a kilogram of gold and a kilogram of iron and put them in different bowls that are filled with water until they sink to the bottom of the bowls, the chunk of gold will displace a different amount of water but that doesn't mean its mass is different from the iron, or does it?
I am sorry this question is very basic and ridiculous, but an hour of googling didn't yield me a satisfactory answer.
I know that displacement = the mass of the object, but I don't quite get this concept.
For example, if you have a kilogram of gold and a kilogram of iron and put them in different bowls that are filled with water until they sink to the bottom of the bowls, the chunk of gold will displace a different amount of water but that doesn't mean its mass is different from the iron, or does it?
I am sorry this question is very basic and ridiculous, but an hour of googling didn't yield me a satisfactory answer.