Learning Competency

Apply the
concept of
buoyancy and
Archimedes
principle
How did Archimedes solve the
king’s problem?
 Wreal = W in air
Wapparent = W in water

Wreal Wreal > Wapparent

Wapparent

wlost = Wreal - Wapparent

wlost =Buoyant force
 Volume =

Vdisplaced uid = Vsubmerged object

 Weight

wdisplaced uid = buoyant force

Remember!
When Fbuoyant > wobject —> oat
When Fbuoyant < wobject —> sink
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 ARCHIMEDES PRINCIPLE
A body wholly or partially submerged
into a uid is buoyed up by a force
which is equal to the weight of the
displaced uid.
FB = wdisp. uid
mg
FB = ρVg = ρgVdisp. uid

FB > wobject FLOAT

FB < wobject SINK
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 Iron

8 times as
1 Ton
dense as
water
IT SINKS
 1 Ton

IT
FLOATS
 How does an iron
ship oats on water?
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 loaded empty

w oating body = w disp. uid

 How does an iron
ship oats on water?
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ρship < ρwater = oat
ρ=m/V
Hull
To prevent it
from sinking
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 Quick check…
1. How does the buoyant force experienced
by an object submerged in a uid relate
to the weight of the uid displaced?

2. Describe the factors that in uence the

buoyant force acting on an object
submerged in a uid.

3. Explain how a hot air balloon works in

terms of buoyancy and Archimedes'
principle.
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 Word Problems
1. A spring scale calibrated in kilograms
is used to determine the density of a
rock specimen. The reading on the
spring scale is 0.45 kg when the
specimen is suspended in air and
0.36 kg when the specimen is fully
submerged in water. If the density of
water is 1000 kg/m3, what is the
density of the rock specimen?