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If the speed of the ball when it reaches the surface is √gd, what is the ratio of the density of the ball to the density of water, Pball/Pwater? (Note that g is the acceleration due to gravity.)

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Suppose that you release a small ball from rest at a depth d below the surface in a
pool of water (with density Pwater).
If the speed of the ball when it reaches the surface is √gd, what is the ratio of the
density of the ball to the density of water, Pball/Pwater?
(Note that g is the acceleration due to gravity.)
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x

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