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If the weight of an object in air and in a dense liquid are Wa and Wl respectively, then upthrust :

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Important Questions on Gravitation

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To find the density of a liquid, a student used the following steps. The sequence of steps followed is given. Identify the step which has an error.

1: Found the weight (W) of the body in air.

2: Collect displaced volume of water to know the volume V of immersed body.

3: Found the weight Wl of the body in water when immersed completely.

4: Found WV to get the result.

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An object is put one by one in three liquids having different densities. The object floats with 19211 and 37 parts of their volumes outside the liquid surface in liquids of densities d1d2 and d3 respectively. Which of the following statement is correct?
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Ships and submarines are designed on the basis of Archimedes' Principle.
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An empty plastic bottle floats, while a plastic bottle filled with sand sinks in water. Why?
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How will the magnitude of buoyancy exerted by a liquid change if its volume is doubled?
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Why do buildings have wide foundations?
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A sheet of a paper falls slower than a coin under gravity through air. Why?
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State the SI unit of density. Relate it with its cgs unit.