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I was wondering - if you had a container of water and you push a hollow object that is buoyant to the bottom so that it is completely immersed - the whole container will be heavier because of water being displaced up in the container.
Now if you release your hand or whatever you use to hold the object down near the bottom -- the object will float up. But is the container still heavier in the time interval that the object is still completely immersed? I am assuming yes because the amount of water displaced up is still the same and the hollow object is not attached to the container but freely moving up in the water.
Now if you release your hand or whatever you use to hold the object down near the bottom -- the object will float up. But is the container still heavier in the time interval that the object is still completely immersed? I am assuming yes because the amount of water displaced up is still the same and the hollow object is not attached to the container but freely moving up in the water.