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Question
the wood is floating on the water. which has a greater density, the water or the wood?
Step1: Recall buoyancy principle
An object floats in a fluid if the density of the object is less than the density of the fluid.
Step2: Apply to the problem
The wood is floating on water. So, density of wood < density of water. Thus, water has greater density.
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