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The Mob Uses SI Units

13 December, 2008 (05:46) | Physics, TV

Tony Soprano, Archimedes. Archimedes, Tony Soprano.

The Physical Mob

So Tony Soprano pitches ties a concrete block to Salvatore Bonpensiero and pitches him into the ocean, where he will inform the police no more. Being a big guy, Bonpensiero has a fairly low density compared to your average human being – say, 0.96 grams per cubic centimeter. That’s less than water and so he’d have floated were it not for the weight. Assuming Bonpensiero has a mass of 140 kilograms, how much concrete would Tony need to sink him?

Hmm. A big guy, so a lower density? You callin’ me fat?

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