How Do You Identify Forces Acting on an Object?

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Consider the following tasks:

A. Draw a closed curve around the system.
B. Identify “the system” and “the environment.”
C. Draw a picture of the situation.

Which of these are steps used to identify the forces acting on an object?

A only
B only
C only
A, B, and C
None of themI was thinking A, B, and C? Am i correct?
 
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I felt pretty positive with A, B, and C, and it turned out to be correct.
 
The book claims the answer is that all the magnitudes are the same because "the gravitational force on the penguin is the same". I'm having trouble understanding this. I thought the buoyant force was equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. Weight depends on mass which depends on density. Therefore, due to the differing densities the buoyant force will be different in each case? Is this incorrect?

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