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A.T. said:What happens to the balance of the scales, when you lower the upper scale, so the balls are fully submerged but don't touch the bottom of the buckets?
The Law of Archimedes, also known as the Archimedes' principle, states that when an object is submerged in a fluid, it experiences an upward force equal to the weight of the fluid it displaces.
An example of a Law of Archimedes problem is calculating the buoyant force acting on a ship as it floats in the ocean.
The Law of Archimedes is used in everyday life in various applications such as shipbuilding, designing submarines, and understanding the behavior of hot air balloons.
The density of an object plays a crucial role in the Law of Archimedes as it determines the amount of fluid it displaces and thus the magnitude of the buoyant force acting on it.
No, the Law of Archimedes only applies to objects submerged in a fluid. However, a similar principle, known as the Bernoulli's principle, can be applied to objects in air.