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Re: [Phys-l] buoyancy on a submerged pole

But if the glue is exerting a force on the bottom, then the box must be exerting an upward force on the glue. What's exerting the upward force on the box?

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On Nov 3, 2010, at 7:06 PM, Chuck Britton wrote:

At 5:48 PM -0700 11/3/10, John Mallinckrodt wrote:
I don't understand this. There is no upward force being exerted on
the bottom of the aquarium by the box. How could there be? What
mechanism do you envision by which the box could possibly exert such
a force?

The glue.
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