What is the Density Ratio of a Submerged Ball in a Fluid?

[MyNewPony]

Homework Statement

A block of mass M is attached to a light string. The string passes over a massless, frictionless pulley and is attached to a solid uniform ball of mass 3M. The ball is at rest and completely submerged in a fluid as shown. What is the ratio of the density of the fluid to the ball?

Homework Equations

Fb = (rho)Vg
Fg = mg

The Attempt at a Solution

The forces acting upward must balance the forces acting downward on the ball. Thus,

Fb + Tension = Fg

Then,

(rho)Vg + T = 3Mg

We know that the tension in the string is equal to M because it is keeping the block at rest. Thus,

(rho)Vg + Mg = 3Mg
(rho)Vg = 2Mg

Divide both sides by Vg and we obtain:

(rho(fluid)) = 2(rho(ball))

This is not the correct answer. Can someone explain what I'm doing wrong?

 

[LowlyPion]

What is the buoyant force on the ball?

It has 3*M*g acting down - its weight. It is in equilibrium so the buoyant force must be 2*M*g

The weight of displaced water then is density water times Volume = 2*M*g

But in that same volume is 3*M*g

Consider then the ratio of the weights of the ball, and the displaced water. Won't that ratio be the ratio of the densities since the volume is he same?

 

[MyNewPony]

What is the buoyant force on the ball?

It has 3*M*g acting down - its weight. It is in equilibrium so the buoyant force must be 2*M*g

The weight of displaced water then is density water times Volume = 2*M*g

But in that same volume is 3*M*g

Consider then the ratio of the weights of the ball, and the displaced water. Won't that ratio be the ratio of the densities since the volume is he same?

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