A steel bowl floats on water because:

steel has lower density than water.

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bowl has empty space.

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steel has more density than water.

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steel objects are lighter.

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Solution

The correct option is B bowl has empty space.
A steel bowl floats on water because there is empty space in the bowl. Steel has higher density than water, so steel objcets float on water only when they have enough empty space in them.

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