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I have a question, if a hung object is submerged in a pail of water, does the weight of the pail with water increase. The object is still hung and no water spills.
No. Ask yourself: Before the object is in the water, what's the tension in the string? Does that tension change when the object is submerged?Well, I think it does not add. Since the object is hung? Am I correct?
Exactly.before, the tension is the weight of the object. when submerged, the tension change since there is a bouyant force that acts on the object. Am I correct?
Yes.So it adds weight.
No. The buoyant force isn't cancelled. But a force equal to the buoyant force will be added to the 'weight' of the pail plus water.The weight added will be the weight of the object when in air, since buoyant force will be cancelled?
If the pail starts out full to the brim, then the weight of the spilled water will exactly equal the buoyant force on the submerged object. (See Archimedes' principle.)So buoyant force will be added? I got it. How about if water spills? The spilled water will be the buoyant force that will be out of the pail. However, the object exerts a force equal but opposite of the buoyant force, so it adds weight? correct?