SOLUTION: A ball with the radius of 8.00 cm and a mass of 600 g is thrown into a lake would the ball sink or float

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Question 1182162: A ball with the radius of 8.00 cm and a mass of 600 g is thrown into a lake would the ball sink or float
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Compare the weight of the ball   0.6kg * 10m/s^2 = 6 N  (newtons)

with the weight of water in the volume of   %284%2F3%29%2Api%2A0.08%5E3   cubic meters.


Use the density of water  1000 kg  per cubic meter.


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The basic principle is the Archimedes law of floating.

See and learn from these web-sites

https://physics.weber.edu/carroll/archimedes/principle.htm#:~:text=If%20the%20weight%20of%20the,the%20weight%20of%20the%20object.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_principle