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two beakers are filled to the same level, but one has a plastic ball floating in it as shown. which beaker, with all of its contents, weighs more?

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The beaker with the plastic ball floating in it weighs more. This is because the plastic ball displaces water, which has mass. The water that is displaced is equal to the volume of the plastic ball. The beaker with the plastic ball floating in it has more water in it than the beaker without the plastic ball floating in it. Therefore, the beaker with the plastic ball floating in it weighs more.

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