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  • 01-02-2019
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if steel is more dense that lake water, why can a boat float

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AL2006
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  • 12-02-2019

Because they make the steel into a shape that displaces more water than the volume of the steel.

A 50-gram steel cup displaces more water than a 50-gram solid lump of steel, so the cup can float but the solid lump can't.

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