Helium balloon
Classical Mechanics
Level
3
in a truck in uniform rectilinear acceleration towards right, a helium balloon is placed in the center of a box in the shape of a closed parallelepiped. in which corner of the box will the balloon be located?
Up in the left corner
Up in the right corner
Down in the right corner
Down in the left corner
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1 solution
Helium is less dense than air so buoyancy in the frame of reference of the truck will be directed toward the up right corner and will be stronger than the inertial force that points to the left