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Explain the following:

As a ship in harbour is being unloaded, it slowly rises higher in water.

Important Questions on Upthrust in Fluids, Archimedes' Principle and Floatation

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Explain the following:

A balloon filled with hydrogen rises to a certain height and then stops rising further  

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Explain the following:

A ship submerges more as it sails from seawater to river water.
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For a floating body, its weight W and upthrust FB, on it are related as :
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A body of weight W is floating in a liquid. Its apparent weight will be :
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A body floats in a liquid A of density ρ1 with a part of it submerged inside liquid while in liquid B of density ρ2 totally submerged inside liquid. The densities ρ1 and ρ2 are related as :
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A rubber ball floats on water with its 1/3rd volume outside water. What is the density of rubber?
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A wooden cube of side 10 cm has mass 700 g. What part of it remains above the water surface while floating vertically on the water surface ?
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A piece of wax floats on brine. What fraction of its volume is immersed ?

Density of wax=0.95 g cm-3, Density of brine=1.1 g cm-3.