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If you take a deep breath of air, you can float more easily in water because you have _____.

A. increased your weight
B. decreased your weight
C. increased your buoyant force
D. decreased your buoyant force

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If you take a deep breath of air, you can float more easily in water because you’ll have increased buoyant force. This is because air is lighter than water so it will rise to the top of the water eventually separating the two.

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the answer is C because i did it and got it right

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