Question

select the word that means a moment of sudden understanding. theres a story—likely apocryphal rather than true—that the ancient greek mathematician archimedes had an epiphany while sitting in the bathtub. as the story goes, he was pondering how to detect whether a supposedly golden crown had been made using silver instead of pure gold. observing that the volume of water that he displaced from the tub was the same as the volume of his body, it dawned on him that he could use this principle of the displacement of water to detect whether the crown was genuine or fraudulent. gold was heavier than silver, and the crown had been made to a specified weight. if it contained silver, its volume would be greater than if it were pure gold.

Explanation:

The word "epiphany" means a moment of sudden understanding. In the story, Archimedes had a sudden realization (epiphany) about using water displacement to check the crown's authenticity.

Answer:

epiphany