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A man while walking is carrying a fish in the bucket full of water in the other water and thinks, he is now carrying less-weight as weight of fish will reduce due to upthrust. What do you say about it.

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When a man while walking places the fish in a bucket full of water, the weight of the fish is reduced due to upthrust of water but weight of water is increased by the same amount. As a result of it the total weight carried by the man remains unchanged.
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