Two Life Preservers Have Identical Volumes, but One Is Filled

question 4

Multiple Choice

Two life preservers have identical volumes, but one is filled with styrofoam while the other is filled with sand. When the two life preservers are worn by swimmers so that one swimmer floats with part of the preserver above water, and the other swimmer sinks, the buoyant force is actually greater on the life preserver filled with

• A) sand.
• B) styrofoam.
• C) same

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