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Why does it happens?
(a) A ship dips to a larger depth in fresh water as compared to marine water.

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Marine water is denser than fresh water so for a given volume of water $d i s p l a c e d$ the upthrust on the ship applied by
it more than the upthrust by fresh water so to balance the weight the ship displaces $m o r e$ fresh water and less marine water.

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