Cork in BucketScience brain teasers require understanding of the physical or biological world and the laws that govern it.A cork, say from a wine bottle, is held by a robotic clamp at the bottom of a bucket of water and released the moment the bucket is dropped off the side of a tall building. What will happen to the cork during the fall? Will it float to the top of the bucket normally, slower than normal, faster than normal, or not at all?
Assume that there is no air resistance to slow the bucket down. HintThink about why the cork would float to the surface of the water when the bucket is not falling.Hide What Next?
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