Why dies a piece of iron sink in water, while a ship remains
floating ?

Answer Posted / ash

a piece of iron sinks whereas a ship remains floating
because the surface of piece of iron in contact with the
water is less than compared to the surface of the ship.
therefore iron needle sinks but ship remains floating.

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