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Natko
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Archimedes' Principle states: "Any object, wholly or partially immersed in a fluid, is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object."
If this is true, why then, when you take a bowling ball and submerge it in water, and take a rubber ball of the same size and submerge it in water, the bowling sinks and the rubber ball floats if they are the same size and thus displace the same volume of water?
Can anyone explain? (I'm a grade 8 student so be simple, please).
If this is true, why then, when you take a bowling ball and submerge it in water, and take a rubber ball of the same size and submerge it in water, the bowling sinks and the rubber ball floats if they are the same size and thus displace the same volume of water?
Can anyone explain? (I'm a grade 8 student so be simple, please).