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buoyant force only depends on the amount of water the object displaces. Since they are all
the same size, they have the same buoyant force exerted on them.





The pressure in a liquid depends on how deep down in the liquid you are considering. In each
situation the force is being applied at the same height as the pistons, so the force must provide
the same pressure as any piston at that same height. The first and last diagram, the force
applied has to give the same pressure as the force provided by a piston with a 600kg mass on it.
The middle diagram shows a force that must give the same pressure as a 1000kg on a piston. So
that is a larger force (on the same area) so a larger pressure.

The pressure outside each bubble is the same because they are at the same height in the fluid.
But since the pressure inside a bubble is higher than outside of it by 2𝛾/𝑅, there is a bigger
pressure increase going from outside the small bubble to inside it, and thus it has a higher
pressure than inside the large bubble.


Since a, b, and c are all at the same heights in the fluid, they are at the same pressure.






The deeper in the fluid, the higher the pressure.




Each block provides a force on the string that is equal to its weight minus its buoyant force.
Since their weight is the same, the one with the smaller buoyant force will fall. The copper
block is denser and thus it is physically smaller, that is, less volume (remember, they are the
same mass) so it has a smaller buoyant force since it displaces less water. That means the
copper block will fall and pull the rope, making the aluminum rise.

The tension on the rope is given by the two buoyant forces minus the two weights: 2*100N-
2*50N=100N (upward)

Since they are the same size, they displace the same amount of water, and therefore they have
the same buoyant force.





Here , for each, use Newton’s 2nd law: Sum of the forces equals mass times acceleration. 𝐹& −
𝑚𝑔 = 𝑚𝑎. Here m is the mass of the ball, but since we aren’t given the mass, it must cancel out
somehow. One trick to do something like this is to just choose a mass arbitrarily and just
calculate, but we can do this another way. First rewrite the equation: 𝜌-./01 𝑉3456 𝑔 − 𝜌𝑉𝑔 =
𝜌𝑉𝑎. Note that for ball A, 𝜌 = 0.9𝜌-./01 , and since the ball’s volume is the same as the volume
displaced by the ball 𝑉 = 𝑉3456 . Making the equation: 𝜌-./01 𝑉𝑔 − 0.9𝜌-./01 𝑉𝑔 = 0.9𝜌-./01 𝑉𝑎
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cancel density and volume 𝑔 − 0.9𝑔 = 0.9𝑎. Solving for a we get 𝑎 = ∗ 𝑔 = 1.1 𝑚/𝑠 @ . We
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can do the same procedure for ball B.