How does a boat float in water? - Vidyadip

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How does a boat float in water?

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Displacement of water is what allows a boat to floaton the water. If the boat weighs less than the maximum volume of water it could ever push aside (displace), it floats. In science view, the boat will float if the gravitational (downward) force is less than the buoyancy (upward) force.

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