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Suppose you throw a cube-shaped object and a spherical-shaped object of equal volume in the same volume of water. The ball sinks and the cube floats. Which explains why this might be?

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The surface area of the cube is greater than the surface area of the sphere which makes it more likely to float due to surface tension 
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