Question

According to Archimedes' principle, when an object is placed in a fluid, the buoyant force acting on it is equal to the weight of the fluid the object displaces. Question 3 options: True False

Answer 1

But the Archimedes principle states that the buoyant force is the weight of the fluid displaced. So, for a floating object on a liquid, the weight of the displaced liquid is the weight of the object. Thus, only in the special case of floating does the buoyant force acting on an object equal the object's weight