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Archimedes is reported to have shouted “_____________”, when the idea of the buoyant force first struck him while taking a bath.


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  1. One day while taking bath in a bathtub, Archimedes realised that he was feeling lighter when inside the water.
  2. He once realised that he could relate this discovery with the problem of the crown that was given for testing by the king.
  3. This made him so excited that he even forget to dress and ran naked through the streets shouting “Eureka Eureka ” which means I have found it .

Hence, Eureka Eureka is the correct answer.


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