Pls
i really need .
very urgent

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Draw a freebody diagram, it will explain it really well

the boat is floating on top of the water, which means that the net acceleration in the y direction must be zero

the boat is not sinking (dominant downwards acceleration/force)
the boat is not flying (dominant upward acceleration/force)

that measn


now, if you drew the FBD, you only have 2 forces acting on the boat.
the upward bouyancy force on the boat and the downward force due to weight



since the net force is equal to zero



and thus

It's have to be 12 or idk