Please answer the following question: 2. A solid sphere of mass m floats in a be

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Please answer the following question:

2. A solid sphere of mass m floats in a beaker of water as shown. A second sphere of the same material but of mass 2m is placed in a second beaker of water. In the space provided, sketch the final position of the second sphere a. In its final position, how does the buoyant force on the larger Sphere of mass 2m Sphere of mass m sphere compare to its weight? b. How does the volume displaced by the larger sphere compare to that displaced by the smaller sphere? c. Are your answers to questions a and b consistent with Archimedes' principle? Explain.

Explanation / Answer

a) The buoyant force on the larger sphere is equal to its weight.

b) According to Archimedes Principle, the body displaces an equal amount of fluid which is equal to its weight.

So the volume displaced by larger sphere will be two time the volume displaced by smaller shpere.

c) Yes they are consistent with Archimedes Principle as it states that "Any object, wholly or partially immersed in a fluid, is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object."

c

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