[Phys-L] Re: Buoyancy question

[rlamont at POSTOFFICE.PROVIDENCE.EDU (rlamont)]

Not in the least. If you remove the 15.6 gram mass and replace it by 15.6
grams of water with the same shape as the submerged part of the object, the
forces on that water are the same as on the object.

Bob at PC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Forum for Physics Educators [mailto:PHYS-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu] On
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> Of Michael Edmiston
> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 7:31 PM
> To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
> Subject: Re: Buoyancy question
>
> Hey folks... in my last post I stated that today I successfully floated
> a 15.6-gram object in 10 grams of water.  Doesn't that bother anyone?
> It sure bothered all the scientsts here at Bluffton.  They didn't
> believe it until I showed them.