SOLUTION: please help me solve this problem: You are on mars. There is a pool of water in the mars base greenhouse. Will a stick of wood with a specific gravity of 0.71 float in the pool?

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Question 396222: please help me solve this problem:
You are on mars. There is a pool of water in the mars base greenhouse. Will a stick of wood with a specific gravity of 0.71 float in the pool?

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It will float. The density of water and wood don't change with gravity, they're based on mass, not weight.

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