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A ship that weighs 10,000 tons (mass displace what volume of fresh water in order to float?

Originally Posted by Celia

A ship that weighs 10,000 tons (mass displace what volume of fresh water in order to float?

It will displace a volume of water who's weight is equal to the weight of the
ship.

Now the density of fresh water is 1 metric ton per cubic metre, so a
10000 metric ton ship will displace 10000 cubic metres of water.

RonL

1 metric ton = 1000 kg