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Consider a steel ball floating on the surface of mercury in a half-filled container.What happens when the rest of the container is filled with water? Mercury is denser than steel, and both are denser than
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Consider a steel ball floating on the surface of mercury in a half-filled container.What happens when the rest of the container is filled with water? Mercury is denser than steel, and both are denser than water. Mercury and water do not mix.

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Mercury is only found on certain surfaces so you need to find the gravity point of the area
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