From: Andrew Layton (andrew.layton@marc.gatech.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 18 2002 - 23:59:04 EEST
12 Fluid oz can. Difference in specific gravity.
At 04:04 PM 4/18/2002 , Dale Rosema wrote:
>Why does Diet Pepsi float and Regular Pepsi sink even though they are both 12
>oz. cans?
>
>"David K. Leigh" wrote:
>
> > <SNIP>
> > >. . . made a comment about how much more the regular cans of Pepsi
> weighed
> > compared to the Diet
> > > Pepsi.
> >
> > So, which weighs more: ten pounds of cotton or ten pounds of iron?
> >
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> > David K. Leigh ph (254) 933-1000
> > Harvest Technologies, Inc. fax (254) 298-0125
> > Rapid Prototyping Services www.harvest-tech.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <AHastbacka@aol.com>
> > To: <rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 12:41 PM
> > Subject: Off Topic Factoid on Sugar Consumption
> >
> > > How many of the members of this list drink their coffee with 10
> packets of
> > sugar?
> > >
> > > At first, this appears to be an absurd question--but a 12 oz can of
> > regular Pepsi contains 41 grams of sugar, which is more than ten four gram
> > packets of sugar. So if you want to sweeten your coffee to the same
> level as
> > a can of Pepsi, you would need to add more than ten packets of sugar.
> > > If you drink one can of Pepsi each day, you will have consumed
> > approximately 33 pounds of sugar during a one year period.
> > >
> > > Al Hastbacka
> > >
> > > PS
> > >
> > > The reason this topic came up was that one of our employees, who had
> > delivered Pepsi in a previous job, made a comment about how much more the
> > regular cans of Pepsi weighed compared to the Diet Pepsi.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
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>
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Andrew C. Layton Andrew.Layton@marc.gatech.edu
Program Manager, Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology
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