Ah, but boats aren’t solid steel! It has lots of hollow spaces inside, making the volume up displaced water bigger, without increasing the weight!
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starman2112@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoAs long as the tanker weights less than the weight of all that water it displaced, it will float.
But steel is heavier than water
pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
lka1988@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
And water is surprisingly heavy itself.