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A bucket containing liquid is suspended from a spring balance. When an iron sphere is suspended from a thread and immersed in the liquid contained in the bucket without touching the walls of the bucket, then the increase in the weight of the bucket is equal to

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the actual weight of the iron sphere.
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the weight of the displaced liquid.
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the apparent weight of the iron sphere in the liquid.
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None of the above
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Solution

The correct option is B the weight of the displaced liquid.
using Archimedes principle , the increase in the weight of the bucket is equal to the weight of the displaced liquid .
so , option (B) is correct

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