Answer:
c. the volume of the part of the ship that lies below the water's surface.
Explanation:
As stated in the problem, Archimedes' Principle tells us that that buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of fluid it displaces. The volume of water that a ship displaces is the volume it occupies below the surface.
Explanation:
A simple way to state Newton's first law is:
For every action force, there is a reaction force which is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.
