You Have Two Identical Pure Silver Ingots

question 96

Multiple Choice

You have two identical pure silver ingots. You place one of them in a glass of water and observe it to sink to the bottom. You place the other in a container full of mercury and observe that it floats. Comparing the buoyant forces in the two cases you conclude that

• A)the buoyant force in the water is equal to that in mercury.
• B)the buoyant force in the water is larger than that in mercury.
• C)the buoyant force in water is smaller than that in mercury.
• D)the buoyant force in the water is zero and that in mercury is non-zero.
• E)No conclusion can be made about the respective values of the buoyant forces.

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