Two tanks are filled to the very brim with water, one with saltwater and one wit

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Two tanks are filled to the very brim with water, one with saltwater and one with fresh. Two identical, solid, wooden spheres are placed carefully into the tanks, so that water spills out of each until the sphere stops descending and begins to float. The spilled water from each tank is collected and weighed. How do the weights compare?

(a)The spilled saltwater is heavier.

(b)The spilled freshwater is heavier.

(c)The weights of spilled saltwater and freshwater are equal.

(d)Not enough information given.

Explanation / Answer

c) option is correct.

Upthrust has to be same by using Archimedes principle.

Weight of liquid displaced had to be same

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