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Density problem,anyone?

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What is the density of an average human body? Based on the rule about the density of an object compared against the density of water, will an average human float?

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  1. Nearly everyone will float. The body is, obviously, very nearly the density of water, but with small deductions primarily for the air in the lungs. I'd guess the density at about 0.96 g/cm^3.


  2. With lungs deflated, the mass of bone and flesh, the human body will normally sink.

    (After submersion for some time, gases build up in the body due to putrefaction, and the body will pop back to the surface for a while until the gases dissipate. It will then sink again).  

  3. 1010 kg/m³

    No.

  4. HOW IN THE ****!!!! SHOULD I KNOW ******d!!!!

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