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Eyedropper Soda Bottle

Experiment
By: Daniel Dwyer
In class yesterday we did an experiments and these are the steps:
1.Take 2 liter bottle out of bin
2.Take eyedropper out of bin
3.Open 2 liter bottle
4.Put eyedropper in the bottle
5.Squeeze the bottle and watch the eyedropper sink
6.Why?

Reason 1: Due to Pascle's Principle, when we squeeze the bottle the force is applied to the top
of the eyedropper. The eyedropper sucks in the water causing density of the eyedropper to be more
than the water it displaces. Thus it sinks!

Reason 2: Due to Pascal's Principle, it applies force to the eyedropper top. Those forces alone
might not be enough though. When the water goes up in the top of the closed bottle the air is
compressed. The compressed air adds more force to the water and more force to the eyedropper top.
Then the eyedropper sucks in the water and makes it more dense, and causing it to sink.

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