Water is slowly poured into the container until the water

level has risen into tubes A, B, and C. The water doesn’t

overflow from any of the tubes. How do the water depths in
the three columns compare to each other?
1. dA > dB > dC
2. dA = dC > dB
3. dA < dB < dC
4. dA = dC < dB Rank in order, from largest to smallest, the magnitudes of
the forces required to balance the masses.
5. dA = dB = dC The masses are in kilograms.
1. F2 > F1 > F3
In 3, the pressure underneath both
output pistons will be the same, and 2. F2 > F1 = F3
The pressure will be the same underneath A, B, and C. Thus, the since they have the same area, the
height of the liquid that can be supported will be the same in A, B, and 3. F3 > F2 > F1
same input force can balance both
C. (the horizontal width doesn't matter). masses (or an indefinite number). 1 4. F3 > F1 > F2
& 3 are equivalent. F2 has to be
larger because the output 5. F1 = F2 = F3
mass/weight is larger.

A floating object displaces a volume of fluid

(a) whose weight is equal to the product of the pressure in the

fluid and the surface area submerged
(b) whose weight is equal to the weight of the floating object
(c) whose mass is equal to the density of the object multiplied
by the volume submerged
(d) equal to the volume of the object

If the object is floating, it is in equilibrium. So the buoyant force on the

Pipe is most likely to burst where the water pressure is the highest. The
water pressure will be higher at the bottom (pressure increases with depth),
and when the water is stopped (by Bernoulli's principle, flowing water will
have a lower pressure, at a given height)
object must be equal to the weight of the object. But the buoyant force is
the weight of displaced water. So the weight of the displaced water must
be equal to the weight of the floating object.