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How To Float Part 1

Archimedes' Principle states that the buoyant force on an object submerged in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. When the buoyant force equals the gravitational force pulling the object down, the object will float. A body's density determines how much it floats, as less dense objects displace more fluid and experience greater buoyancy. People can float more easily by controlling their center of buoyancy through lung inflation and body positioning while swimming.

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How To Float Part 1

Archimedes' Principle states that the buoyant force on an object submerged in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. When the buoyant force equals the gravitational force pulling the object down, the object will float. A body's density determines how much it floats, as less dense objects displace more fluid and experience greater buoyancy. People can float more easily by controlling their center of buoyancy through lung inflation and body positioning while swimming.

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Princess Ann Mendegorin
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Archimedes’ Principle

Water push you up with the same


amount of water that you push it.
The equilibrium of forces- Gravity
and Buoyancy makes someone
float.

Density of Body

The denser the


body, the less it
floats.

How do you
float?

How do some
people seem to
float easier than
the other?
ABILITY TO How do you float
FLOAT in a horizontal
position when you
(BUOYANCY) swim?
Why is it
Important?

The place where our lungs By changing you center of


are, which is the center of buoyancy- keeping good
buoyancy, is not dense thus amount of air the lungs
floats more. while kicking.

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