Author Question: When a 5-N block of wood floats in mercury the buoyant force on it is A) less than 5 N. B) 5 N. ... (Read 18 times)

waynest · **on:** Jul 29, 2018

When a 5-N block of wood floats in mercury the buoyant force on it is

A) less than 5 N.
B) 5 N.
C) greater than 5 N.

Question 2

When an object is partly or wholly immersed in a liquid, it is buoyed up

A) by a force equal to its own weight.
B) by a force equal to the weight of liquid displaced.
C) and floats because of Archimedes' principle.
D) but sinks.
E) none of the above