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A wooden block floats higher in sea water than in fresh river water
PHYSICS · Subjective · AP · Physics 1: Algebra-based · Fluids · Fluids
Problem
A wooden block floats higher in sea water than in fresh river water. Explain the reason in one or two sentences.
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