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Re: [Phys-L] Nice question on buoyance and balance

ie, tethering the previously floating ball to the floor does not affect the scale reading.

The other nice question to add to this soln is:

Say the right-hand beaker has no steel ball in it but has water up to the same level as the left-hand beaker. Then what?

Answer: The beam balances.

In other words, the weight of a beaker full to level L is the same as a beaker that has a ping-pong ball floating on its surface, if it is filled to level L at its edges.

ie. beakers |------| and |--/\--| both have the same weight
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