A piece of iron sinks into water while a wooden piece float. Why is it so ?

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If the density of an object is less than that of the fluid the object floats and if the density of an object is greater than that of the fluid the object sinks.
A piece of iron sinks into the water because the density of iron is much greater than that of water.
The wooden piece floats because the density of wood is lesser than that of water.

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