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A floating object always displaces an amount of water of the same weight of the object. An object that sinks displaces the amount of fluid equal to the objects volume. Water levels rise. So to calculate either, you would need to know the weight or the volume. One other comment, the amounts are different between objects in fresh water and objects in salt water

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