A boat full of iron nails is floating on water in a lake. When the iron nails are removed, the water level

Rises

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Falls

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Remains the same

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Nothing can be said

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Solution

The correct option is B Falls
initially the iron nails are in the boat, so the mass of the boat is more
hence, the water displaced by the boat is more. As a result of it the water level is high
But when the nails are removed , the mass of the boat decreases and hence, the water level will fall down as it will displace less water now.

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