How+do+boats,+even+heavy+ones,+float?


 * __HOW DO BOATS, EVEN HEAVY ONES FLOAT?__**

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An object in a fluid experiences an upward force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. So if a boat weighs a certain amount, it will sink into the water until it has displaced the amount it weighs of water. Provided that the boat displaces however much weight of water before the whole thing is submerged, the boat floats. The average density of a boat made of steel and air is normally lighter than the density of water. So really a small amount of the boat has to be submerged until the boat will float. Terran Fong 8.4 Website used: http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/question254.htm __Additional Responses:__

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