Why can you carry a person more easily in a swimming pool?

Answer 1

Swimmers feel their weight lighter in a swimming pool because they displace a large volume of water . The water exerts similar amount of buoyant force to that of water displaced by they body of the swimmer and this pressure cancels a certain amount of weight of the swimmer .

Answer 2

It is easier to carry a person in a pool or any body of water for that matter because the density of our body is about the same as water surrounding us. An object will float if its density (mass/volume) is less than that of water, and sink if it is more.

On land, our bodies are much more dense than the air surrounding us. That is why we stay grounded and don't float up like a helium filled balloon which is much less dense than air.

Answer 3

because the salt levels in the ocean are higher than those in a swimming pool.

Basically, the water in the sea is more viscous than that in the swimming pool, meaning that it is more dense. This is because of the concentration of the water (it contains salt and many other substances that makes it more concentrated). Therefore, people can float more easily in the sea.

Answer 4

Because a person's body tends to float, and thus the water itself carries or lifts part of the weight.

Answer 5

Because your body is buoyant in the water. Your body weighs up to 90% less while in the water. Of course as you lift yourself higher up out of the water, your body begins to weigh more.

Answer 6

Swimming is the best exercise because it's a total body workout.

Answer 7

we feel lighter when we are in a swimming pool. this is because of buoyant force or upthrust. it is the upward force acting on a body immersed in a fluid.