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What happens to a cork when placed in water?
Consider the object's density.
What is buoyancy?
Think about what happens when an object is in water.
Which of the following objects will float in water?
Remember the comparison of densities.
True or False: An object with a density less than water will sink.
Think about what happens in a swimming pool.
A boat weighs 500 kg and displaces 600 kg of water. Will it float or sink? Explain your reasoning.
Apply the principle of buoyancy to your answer.
Calculate the density of a fluid if a 2 kg object displaces 0.5 liters of fluid when submerged.
Use the definition of density!
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