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Why does a egg float in slat water?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Because the mass of salt water displaced by the egg is equal to the mass of the egg (Archimedes' Principle). If the water were pure it would weigh less and maybe the egg would then sink because it could not displace its own mass of water.

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15y ago

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