Re: Question from grade 11 student

[bennett@oakland.edu (Clarence Bennett)]

> > mdesgroseilliers@musicm.mcgill.ca
> I am not sure that I understand what you are doing, but I'll try to 
> reply. In water the bouancy on an object should be equal to the weight of 
> water which it displaces.  Since water does not compress very much at 
> depth I would expect that your object would weight less than in air but 
> that the results would not depend very much on the depth in the water.
>                                                Barlow Newbolt


But, is the object compressed?
Is the spring scale attached to a firm foundation or hand held?
Is the water still, or is there a current pushing on the object?


Clarence