Do you know water ?
Classical Mechanics
Level
2
Two spheres, one of iron and the other of lead, have equal volumes. They are hung completely submerged in water.
If the mass of the lead sphere is greater than that of the iron sphere, on which sphere is the push of the water greater?
Iron sphere
Lead sphere
Equal push
Cannot be determined
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1 solution
Force of buouncy is only proportional to water displaced, and density of the water, which is constant. Given that the compression of the liquid does not change the volume once submerged and one takes up lesser volume.