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1. What is the relevance of density why ships float?

To float, an object must displace a higher weight of fluid than its own weight, because the
upward force equals the weight of the fluid displaced. This means that an object must have a
lower density than the fluid in order to float. The object will sink if its density is greater than that
of the fluid.

2. State the “principle of buoyancy”.

'The upward buoyant force imposed on a body immersed in a fluid, whether partially or totally
submerged, is equal to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces and acts in the upward
direction at the center of mass of the displaced fluid,' according to the principle.

3. Give the reasons why ships sometimes sink when they reached the tropics for the first
time?

The cargo would have been loaded in cold, salty waters, but the ship would sink once it reached
warmer, less salty waters. This was due to the fact that Archimedes' principle, as mentioned
above, would not have been considered. Because cold, salty water has a higher density than fresh
water, the ship floated when it was first loaded because less water had to be displaced to equal
the ship's mass. To maintain equilibrium, more water had to be displaced after the ship entered
warmer, less salty waters. The ship would sink if it fell below the water line (the line where the
hull of a ship meets the ocean surface).

4. Who is Samuel Plimsoll and his contribution to shipping?

Samuel Plimsoll (10 February 1824 – 3 June 1898) was an English politician and social
reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line (a line on a ship's hull
indicating the maximum safe draught, and therefore the minimum freeboard for the vessel in
various operating conditions).