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A boat is partially submerged in water. In this case, can we say that the uptrust exerted on the boat is larger than the weight of the part of the boat that is submerged?
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A boat is partially submerged in water. In this case, can we say that the uptrust exerted on the boat is larger than the weight of the part of the boat that is submerged?

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Yes,because if the weight had been greater than the upthrust acting over submerged part of boat,the boat would have sunk.
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