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document.write( "will a container with marbles or a container with tennis balls overflow first if water was poured in at the same time<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_(toy)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    A marble is a small spherical toy usually made from glass, clay, steel, plastic or agate. \r\n" );
document.write( "    These balls vary in size. Most commonly, they are about 1 cm (1&#8260;2 in) in diameter, but they may range from less \r\n" );
document.write( "    than 1 mm (1&#8260;30 in) to over 8 cm (3 in), while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over 30 cm (12 in) wide.\r\n" );
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document.write( "A container filled with marbles of different/various sizes will have lower porosity comparing with a container filled <BR>\n" );
document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;with tennis balls (all of the same size).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In other words, the free (void) volume in a container filled with marbles is lesser than that in a container filled with tennis balls.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the first container will be filled with water faster than the second.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Though, if the marbles in the container are all of the same size, then the filling time will be the same for both containers, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;because the void volume will be the same.\r<BR>\n" );
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