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## [Ships anchored at port (quiz)](https://www.queseas.com/t/ships-anchored-at-port-quiz/1079)

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**Author:** [@Raj.Raganathan](https://www.queseas.com/u/Raj.Raganathan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://www.queseas.com/t/ships-anchored-at-port-quiz/1079 "2025-02-05T08:42:16Z")

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Assume a port where 99 out the 100 anchored vessels are oil tankers. How many oil tankers have to sail from the port in order for the percentage of the oil tankers to drop to 98%?

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## [Archimedes' Principle - Thought experiment (Vol.2)](https://www.queseas.com/t/archimedes-principle-thought-experiment-vol-2/827)

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**Author:** [@Paraschos.Liadis](https://www.queseas.com/u/Paraschos.Liadis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://www.queseas.com/t/archimedes-principle-thought-experiment-vol-2/827 "2023-08-24T10:26:37Z")

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You’re on a small row boat in a lake with a rock in the boat. You throw the rock overboard. Does the water level in the lake rise or fall?

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## [Quiz: Ship Resistance and Propulsion](https://www.queseas.com/t/quiz-ship-resistance-and-propulsion/603)

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**Author:** [@Paraschos.Liadis](https://www.queseas.com/u/Paraschos.Liadis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://www.queseas.com/t/quiz-ship-resistance-and-propulsion/603 "2022-12-12T13:04:26Z")

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Consider a large oil tanker sailing in good weather, in laden condition (close to the design draft), with the M/E at 60 RPM, and the same oil tanker sailing in good weather, in ballast draft with the M/E at 60 RPM. In w…

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## [Archimedes' Principle - Thought experiment](https://www.queseas.com/t/archimedes-principle-thought-experiment/336)

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**Author:** [@Paraschos.Liadis](https://www.queseas.com/u/Paraschos.Liadis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://www.queseas.com/t/archimedes-principle-thought-experiment/336 "2022-07-26T13:13:17Z")

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Suppose we have a ship that is deballasting in a closed drydock, in afloat condition. So, there is no ingress or escape of water from the drydock. Will the water level of the drydock change? (please back your answer with…