How do you think the amount of a material affects its tendency to sink or float?

Things float when they are positively buoyant, or less dense than the fluid in which they are sitting. This does not mean that an object has to be lighter than the fluid, as in the case of a boat; objects just need to have a greater ratio of empty space to mass than the fluid.

Explanation:

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answer; how far out of place which the object finished relative to the starting location;