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Archimedes reported these findings to the king. The king demanded
the truth from the goldsmith, who then confessed. He had stolen some
gold. He had in fact added other metals as a replacement.
Thus, due to Archimedes’ clever principle, the king could discover the
truth. This principle became famous as the ‘Archimedes principle’ and
confessed is studied even today!
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Archimedes knew that he could get a solution to his problem. He kept trying until he
was successful.
Think of a time when you thought of doing something and kept trying till you were
successful. Tell your success story to the class. Don’t take more than two minutes, and
give your friends a chance to speak about their success stories as well!
You may choose anything – concepts that you may have learnt in Mathematics,
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