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Its called buoyancy When a solid surface such as a boats hull is placed into water, it will only sink if first is heavy enough to fall into the water and second, if the water is able to fill it up and make it heavy in the first place.

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water displacement caused by the shape length and width of the hull

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because of buoyancy, that's why the boat is floating

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less density

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