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<Tab/>I placed a ketchup packet into a plastic bottle and filled with water almost to the top then replaced the cap. The packet barely floated then I squeezed the bottle and the packet fell when I stopped squeezing the bottle the packet came back up. <Tab/>Before squeezing the bottle, the packet floated because it is less dense than the water. When I squeeze the bottle, …

…complete my objective. I was curious if my findings would support my theory of what would happen to the packet. I was satisfied once I did the puzzler and found out I was right. I enjoyed this puzzler so much that I shared it my children and to see if they their theories were right or wrong and discussed some of the reasons behind the result of squeezing and releasing the bottle, they were intrigued.