Question
A piece of wood is held under water. The up thrust on it
will be:Solution
According to the Archimedes' principle, a floating object will experience an upthrust force from water, equal to the weight of water displaced (pushed aside). It will sink into the water until it reaches the point where the weight of the water pushed aside equals its own weight.
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