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This had to do with density. When you put the egg into the water, it sinks as it is more dense than the water. However, if you add salt in the water, it becomes salt water and makes the water more dense than the egg so the egg can float. It is the same reason why people float in the dead sea. The dead sea is very salty and is more dense than humans. That's why we float so well in the dead sea.

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by adding salt the density of water is raises than that of egg thats why egg floats on the surface of salted water.

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because the salt makes the water denser and lifts the egg to the top

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Yes . Egg float in salt water because salt water is much densier than pure water

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because the salt makes the water desent and it makes the egg float

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The eggs float to the top in salt water because they are less dense than the salt water.

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