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http://s15.postimg.org/qp2sczlkb/12_2.gif An object of density ? body swims in a

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An object of density ?body swims in a liquid of density ?fluid. What is the relationship between its volume above the surface Vabove and the submerged volume Vbelow?
?fluidVbelow=?bodyVbelow
?fluidVbelow=?body(Vbelow+Vabove)
?fluidVbelow=?fluid(Vbelow+Vabove)
?fluidVbelow=?fluidVabove
?fluidVbelow=?bodyVabove

An object of density ?body swims in a liquid of density ?fluid. What is the relationship between its volume above the surface Vabove and the submerged volume Vbelow?

Explanation / Answer

?fluidVbelow=?body(Vbelow+Vabove)


bouyant force = weight of body