Question

Describe all of the forces acting on the ice cream in the root beer float. Relate these forces to the fact that the ice cream is floating

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Explanation:

The root beer exerts a force on all sides of the ice cream. These forces are all equal and cancel each other out. Gravity pushes downward on the ice cream. This can also be called the weight of the ice cream. Buoyant force pushes the ice cream upward. The ice cream floats because the buoyant force is greater than the weight of the ice cream.

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The root beer exerts a force on all sides of the ice cream. These forces are all equal and cancel each other out.  

Gravity pushes downward on the ice cream. This can also be called the weight of the ice cream.  

Buoyant force pushes the ice cream upward.

The ice cream floats because the buoyant force is greater than the weight of the ice cream.