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Take a beaker filled with water. Take an...

Take a beaker filled with water. Take an iron nail and place it on the surface of the water.
Observe what happens.

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The iron nail will sink. This means that the for due to gravitational attraction of earth on the iron nail pulls it downwards. There is upthrust of water on the nail, which pushes it upwards. But downward force acting on the nail is greater than the upthrust of water on the nail. So, it sinks.
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