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Bodies in water.Do fat people float?

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Bodies in water.Do fat people float?

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yes In physics, buoyancy is an upward force on an object immersed in a fluid (i.e. a liquid or a gas), enabling it to float or at least to appear lighter. Buoyancy is important for many vehicles such as boats, ships, balloons, and airships. It was the ancient Greek, Archimedes of Syracuse, who first discovered the law of buoyancy, sometimes called Archimedes’s principle: The buoyant force is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. The story of Archimedes discovering buoyancy, while sitting in his bathtub, is described in Book 9 of De architectura by Vitruvius. Typically, the weight of the displaced fluid is directly proportional to the volume of the displaced fluid (specifically if the surrounding fluid is of uniform density). Thus, among objects with equal masses, the one with greater volume has greater buoyancy. Suppose a rock’s weight is measured as 10 newtons when suspended by a string in a vacuum. Suppose that when the rock is lowered by the string into water, it displaces wat

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fat people float better. Water applies a pressure on us when on water (upward direction) and it is called upthrust.The more the surface touching the water, the more the upthrust. Thus, fat people, who have more area touching water, experience more upthrust, thus floating better.

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