A wooden block floats in water, and a solid steel object is attached to the bott

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A wooden block floats in water, and a solid steel object is attached to the bottom of the block by a string as in the figure below. If the block remains floating, which of the following statements is valid?

(a)The buoyant force on the block is equal to the weight of the volume of water it displaces.
(b)The tension in the string is equal to the weight of the steel object.
(c)The buoyant force on the steel object is equal to its weight.
(d)The buoyant force on the block is equal to its weight.
(e)The tension in the string is less than the weight of the steel object.

Explanation / Answer

a) and e)

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