Two equal sized buckets are filled to the top with water. One of the buckets has a piece of wood floating in it, making its total weight
A) more than the weight of the other bucket.
B) less than the weight of the other bucket.
C) equal to the weight of the other bucket.

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The total weight of each bucket (water plus the bucket itself, and the wood in one of them) remains the same. The wood displaces an amount of water equal to its weight, keeping the overall weight of the bucket with the wood the same as the bucket without the wood.

Two Equal Sized Buckets Are Filled to the Top with Water