How does a boat the size of a small city float?
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Water has a density of 1 let’s say. Density is the amount of material within a certain space, so more material means more density. Some materials are more dense than 1 and do not float, like solid a rock. Some have so little density that they float above water, like air and balloons that have air on the inside. If an object has enough air inside it then it can be as big as it wants, so long as it can maintain a density of less than 1. If you take a ball of clay and toss it in water it will sink. But if you spread that same amount of clay into a very thin and broad sheet, it would float, of you spread it out enough. Boats are the same. If you had a giant grab a boat and squish to boat into a ball it would sink, but boats are made in a way that used air to keep itself above the water.
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