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An aluminium sphere is dipped into water at 15C(γaluminium = 69 × 106/C;γwater=214 × 106/C). If the temperature is increased, the force of buoyancy:


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will increase

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will decrease

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will stay the same

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D

will increase or decrease depending on the radius of the sphere

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Solution

The correct option is B

will decrease


Comparing the given values, as γaluminium<γwater,an apparent shrinkage of the aluminium will take place with respect to water; hence the buoyancy force will decrease.

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