yacko, it sinks. hoom, really sinks. some people say, "well, that's because there's no buoyant force acting on it," and you say-- there is. there is or isn't? there is. answer begins with i. is. is. okay. you like that hint? okay. turns out there is. how about this piece of wood? this piece of wood have the same size, has the same volume. i'm gonna put that in. he was, like, "oh, there's a buoyant force acting on the wood." yeah. it's true. some people would say, "the fact that the iron sinks "and the wood floats is evidence that there is more buoyant force on the wood." to that, you would agree or you would disagree? knowing they're the same volume. see what your neighbor says. which has the greater buoyant force, the sunk iron or the floating wood? and realize they're both the same size, same volume. how many say there was a buoyant force on each, and son of a gun, the buoyant force was greater on the submerged iron? some people say that, but some people don't. now, let's use archimedes' principle to answer the questio