Labels:airplane | bench | plaything | shelf | sky OCR: Why does a boat float? When you put a boat 1n water the water pushes against it with a1 upward force This is called the upthrust the upthrust is equal the boat's weight will support the boat, and the boat will float. BOAT'S WEIGHT According Archimedes' principle the size of the upthrust equal to the weight of the water that the boat displaces, or pushes aside You can find out how much water toy boat displaces by putting it 11 bucket filled to the brim with water 14 you weigh the water that slops out, you will find that its weight exactly matches the weight of the toy boat
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