Why dies a piece of iron sink in water, while a ship remains
floating ?
Answer Posted / sanju
A piece of iron sinks in water because its weight is grater
than the weight of the water displaced by it, wile a ship
floats in water because the weight of water displaced by the
immersed part of ship is equal to the weight of the whole.
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