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An object in water displaces its weight in water. If its volume is greater than the volume of water displaced this way, it floats. Ships, despite being made of heavier materials, utilize their size and their relative empty insides to float this way.
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∙ 12y agoShips displace water when at sea. There is a force due to this displacement of water. It is known as upthrust. The magnitude of upthrust is equivalent to the magnitude of the weight of water displaced. Once the boat sinks a certain height, the upthrust will be equal to its weight, allowing it to float. That's why a heavier ship is more partially submerged due to having to need that extra upthrust from displacing more water.
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∙ 11y agothe boat displaces water and the amount of water displaced pushes back against the boat causing a force called buoyancy which allows the boat to float assuming the weight of the boat is less then then the force of buoyancy
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∙ 11y agoWhat it's made of makes no difference. It can be 4-inch plate steel. If it can
push aside enough water that weighs as much as the ship weighs, then the
ship will float.
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Compared with an empty ship would a ship loaded with cargo of foam insulation sink deeper into water or rise in water?
A ship that weighs 1,000 pounds displaces 1,000 pounds of water. Basically you are making a hole in the water that would take 1,000 pounds of water to fill, if it was Jell-o you could see the hole when you took the ship out. If you add 100 pounds of weight to the ship, be it feathers, foam, or lead, it will sink deeper and displace 100 more pounds of water.
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