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Grace is given a piece of wood, an iron nail, and a styrofoam cup. She puts these objects into a bucket of water and observes that the nail sinks to the bottom, the wood floats just under the surface, and the cup floats on top of the water. What property is being demonstrated by this experiment.

A) density
B) melting point
C) solubility
D) temperature

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The answer to this question is a
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Answer:

a

Step-by-step explanation:

because the Styrofoam cup is less dense than the water it floats and because the nail is more dense it sinks

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