WHY THE TITANIC IS CRAZY

Anyone who has EVER watched the Titanic probably has thought, "Jack could've fit! Rose, you selfish baboon!"

To be quite frank, they actually could have fit on the wooden raft. But, would they have stayed afloat to live happily ever after?

THIS IS WHERE THE PHYSICS COMES IN

WE'RE ASSUMING THAT:

• Kate Winslet weighs approximately 130 lbs or 58.967 kg
• Leonardo DiCaprio weighs approximately 138.89 lbs or 63 kg

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The force of buoyancy, from here on out will be constant since it relies on the door's VOLUME, regardless of what type of wood it is! Fb = 2119.84 N

Buoyancy will be the determining factor in whether they live forever or die.

Force of buoyancy = 2119.84 N

For our project we tested:

• English Oak
• Pine
• White Pine
• Other woods with densities smaller than that of White Pine

Essentially, we would first calculate the mass of the wood using m = pV (density*volume)

The mass of English Oak was 151.2 kg based on that fact that its density is 0.72 x 10^3 kg/m^3.

We then calculated the force of gravity by adding Kate, Leo, and the door's weight and multiplying the sum by the accel. of gravity.

The result of 2679.77 N was greater than the force of buoyancy so they would've sunk on English Oak.

We then repeated the process with Pine and found out that that was yet another wood that would've sunk. RIP Jack x2.

Thank god for White Pine though! It's buoyancy was perfect enough for the ill-fated couple to live happily ever after or divorce if they wanted! They would both live, though.

From the White Pine calculations, we concluded that any other wood with the same or smaller density will keep the couple afloat! Yay!

Too bad they probably used: