What is the weight of the liquid displaced...

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What is the weight of the liquid displaced by a vessel floating in sea water equal to?

Question 1 of 27070

What is the weight of the liquid displaced by a vessel floating in sea water equal to?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Archimedes' Principle and what it says about floating bodies • The relationship between a ship’s buoyancy and its weight when floating at rest • Difference between volume displaced and weight of liquid displaced

💭 Think About

• When a vessel is floating at rest, what forces are acting vertically, and how must they compare for the vessel not to move up or down? • How does Archimedes’ Principle connect the weight of the liquid displaced to the floating body’s condition of equilibrium? • Look at each choice and ask: is this describing a volume, a force, or a weight, and which one does Archimedes’ Principle actually talk about?

✅ Before You Answer

• Be clear on the exact wording of Archimedes’ Principle (it uses the word weight of fluid displaced). • Identify which options talk about volume and which talk about weight or buoyant force. • Confirm, in static equilibrium, what the upward buoyant force must equal in terms of the vessel’s characteristics.

Question 1 of 27070

What is the weight of the liquid displaced by a vessel floating in sea water equal to?

The displaced volume

The weight required to sink the vessel

The reserve buoyancy

The total weight of the vessel