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    This document provides notes on Archimedes' principle, including that an object floats if its density is less than the fluid it is in, sinks if its density is greater, and maintains position if its density equals the fluid. It also states the floatation rules that the buoyant force equals the weight of fluid displaced for a submerged object or the weight of the object itself if floating. Finally, it shows through a diagram how the level of submersion in water depends on an object's relative density compared to water.

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    This document provides notes on Archimedes' principle, including that an object floats if its density is less than the fluid it is in, sinks if its density is greater, and maintains position if its density equals the fluid. It also states the floatation rules that the buoyant force equals the weight of fluid displaced for a submerged object or the weight of the object itself if floating. Finally, it shows through a diagram how the level of submersion in water depends on an object's relative density compared to water.

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    Archimedes' Principle - Notes: Given

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    This document provides notes on Archimedes' principle, including that an object floats if its density is less than the fluid it is in, sinks if its density is greater, and maintains position if its density equals the fluid. It also states the floatation rules that the buoyant force equals the weight of fluid displaced for a submerged object or the weight of the object itself if floating. Finally, it shows through a diagram how the level of submersion in water depends on an object's relative density compared to water.

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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 THEN RESULT
    object > fluid Fb < Wobject Object sinks

    object = fluid Fb = Wobject Object maintains


    position
    object < fluid Fb > Wobject Object floats

    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 ¾ submerged is ¾ as dense as water. (Iceberg analogy) See below:

    ~0 air

    = 1/2
    =3/4 ~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 ½ and ¾ 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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