Explain how a ship made of materials that are much denser than water is able to float on water?

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anonymous · Answer

Explain how a ship made of materials that are much denser than water is able to float on water? PLZ help! This is worth a good amount of my grade on this quiz and i dont understand it at all.... all i know is they prolly want an answer that has something to do with buoyancy or Archimede's principle...

anonymous · Answer

An object floats on water because it displaces – or takes the place of – the amount of water equal to it’s own weight. The more water the ship displaces the more “boyant”, or floatable, it becomes. A ship (or anything else that floats) sinks into the water until it has displaced its own weight of water, then it will not sink any further.

anonymous · Answer

Thank you Hazil! I'll let u kno what I get on this question! :) (Dont worry I'm not jus gonna copy ur answer)

anonymous · Answer

Your welcome :)