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    This document discusses Archimedes' principle of buoyancy. It states that the buoyant force on an object submerged in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. An object will float if its density is less than the fluid's density, sink if greater, and remain suspended if equal. The level an object floats at depends on its density relative to the fluid - less dense objects float higher, and as an object's density increases relative to the fluid, it will float lower and be more submerged.

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    This document discusses Archimedes' principle of buoyancy. It states that the buoyant force on an object submerged in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. An object will float if its density is less than the fluid's density, sink if greater, and remain suspended if equal. The level an object floats at depends on its density relative to the fluid - less dense objects float higher, and as an object's density increases relative to the fluid, it will float lower and be more submerged.

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    This document discusses Archimedes' principle of buoyancy. It states that the buoyant force on an object submerged in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. An object will float if its density is less than the fluid's density, sink if greater, and remain suspended if equal. The level an object floats at depends on its density relative to the fluid - less dense objects float higher, and as an object's density increases relative to the fluid, it will float lower and be more submerged.

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    Archimedes Principle Notes

    Given: 1. Fb = buoyant force (act upwards ) 2. W = weight (acts downwards ) 3. = density 4. V = volume 5. g = acceleration due to gravity IF
    object object

    THEN
    fluid fluid

    RESULT Object sinks Object maintains position Object floats

    > = <

    Fb Fb Fb

    < Wobject = Wobject > Wobject

    object

    fluid

    Floatation Rules: If object is submerged (immersed), then Fb = g V of the fluid ( , V). If object is floating, then Fb = g V of the object ( , V). A very-low density object, like an inflated balloon, floats high in the water, and a denser object like a piece of hardwood, floats lower in the water. An object half as dense as water floats half way into the water. Wood that floats submerged is as dense as water. (Iceberg analogy) See below:

    ~0 = 1/2 =3/4

    air

    ~1 >1

    Water

    The above diagram shows the floating levels (in water) of an object with varying densities, ranging from much less dense than water (float high), through and as dense as water (partially submerged), equal to the density of water (just float/sink) to greater than (sinking) the density of water.
    Archimedes Page 1 of 1 FDHS Physics

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