Archimedes' principle states that the resultant pressure acting on a body immersed in a fluid __________.

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acts vertically upward through the center of gravity of the displaced fluid and is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced

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will cause the body to have a reduction in mass equal in magnitude to the effective mass of the structure located above the line of floatation

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is proportional in magnitude and direction, regardless of the direction originally developed when the object was submerged

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is applied equal and in all directions throughout the vessel in which it is contained

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