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Does a toothpick float

Updated: 8/11/2023
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Toothpicks float, because toothpick is light and small it is also wood. water has a density of 1. For something to float, the density of the object would have to be under 1, and to sink, it must be over 1. If it is exactly 1, then the object will remain suspended in the water.

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Your an Idiot toothpicks don't float at all!

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yes, wood is semi-buoyant

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