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how to calculate how much a boat will go under water and float?
this is for physics cardboard boat project. we have the measurements of boat. weight of ppl thatll be in boat and the boat itself. now what?
well the total volume of my boat is .9181m^3
and im trying to see how much cm itll sink
The amount of water a boat will displace is equal to the volume of water that weights the same as the boat. For example if your boat and people in it weight 1000 Kg, this boat would displace 1000 Kg of water. As 1 mL of water weights 1g, this means 1000L of water will be displaced. Given this, depending on the arrangement of your boat, 1000L of water is roughly 1 cubic meter. Thus if your boat is an odd shape and 1 meter by 1 meter on the bottom and 8 meters tall, it will since in roughly a meter into the water (1mL = 1 cm ^3).
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February 27th, 2010 at 10:25 am
The amount of water a boat will displace is equal to the volume of water that weights the same as the boat. For example if your boat and people in it weight 1000 Kg, this boat would displace 1000 Kg of water. As 1 mL of water weights 1g, this means 1000L of water will be displaced. Given this, depending on the arrangement of your boat, 1000L of water is roughly 1 cubic meter. Thus if your boat is an odd shape and 1 meter by 1 meter on the bottom and 8 meters tall, it will since in roughly a meter into the water (1mL = 1 cm ^3).
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