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Adding Salt to the water increases the density of the water, and therefore makes it weight more per capita. This in turn causes the salty water to push down with more force then water with no salt, causes things that may not float, to float, and things that already float in normal water, to float higher in salty water.

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Objects float more easily in salt water, and the saltier the better.

Any solid object placed on the surface of a liquid displaces its weight in that liquid (up to a maximum of the object's own volume). Saltwater, or any solution containing solutes, is more dense than plain water, so less of it is displaced, and objects will not sink as far into it, i.e. they are more likely to float rather than sink.

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It should float better in salt water becouse it has higher density than fresh water. As an example you can float easely in dead sea becouse it has high koncentration of salts there fore its density is more higher than fresh water.

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Salt water is denser than fresh water. So a swimmer would float higher in salt water.

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Sea water because of the salt

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How do objects float differently in salt water than in fresh water?

the salt makes the water denser then the fresh water so it is easyer to float in.


Do objects float more in salt water or fresh water?

salt water


What is the answer to the question does an object float in saltwater freshwateror neither?

It's far from clear what the actual question is. Some objects float in both salt and fresh water, some objects float in neither, and some objects float in one but not the other. Any object that floats in fresh water will float in salt water, but the reverse is not true.


Do objects float the same in salt water and fresh water?

objects float better because chemicals help make the objects float higher. the more salt the higher the things go


Does objects that float in water float in salt water?

Yes. Salt water has a slightly higher density then fresh water which means its a little easier for things to float in salt water. So if it floats in fresh water it will certainly float in salt water.


Why can't objects float on fresh water?

Any number of things will float in fresh water. Any boat that can be used in salt water will also stay afloat in fresh. However, fresh water has a lower specific gravity than salt water, and as a result, objects that displace a certain amount of sea water will displace more fresh water; they will sit lower in fresh water.


How do you know if an object will float or sink in fresh water?

It depends on the density of the object. If an object is denser than fresh water, it will sink. If it is less dense than the fresh water, it will float.


How does the salinity of water affect how well objects can float or sink in the water?

the higher the salinity the more easily an object can float


In what type of water would a swimmer float more easily is it salt water or fresh water?

Saltwater.


What are objects that easily float?

Anything that has a density that is lower than water will float. The lower something's density is, the more buoyancy it will have.


Why do humans float easier in salt water compared to fresh water?

because the salt in the water dissolves and then making the water denser therefore making it easier for objects and human to float


Why person not float in sea water?

A person will actually float in sea water, even more easily than in fresh water because of the sea's salt content.