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Archimedes (287 BC - 212 BC), a Greek physicist, found that when an object floats on water, the volume of water displaced is equal to the volume of the object itself. Today, this idea is used to find the weight of ships. What can be concluded from this?

A) All scientific knowledge of the Greeks is still applicable today.
B) Some scientific knowledge is accepted even if there is no evidence.
C) Ancient scientific discoveries are often applicable in the modern world. D) This idea, proposed by Archimedes, is the only ancient idea that is still applicable.

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"C" or "A" would be most likely as the correct answer
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