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Calculate the buoyant force acting on an object immersed in water, if the object displaces $4 k g$ of water. $(g = 10 m s^{- 2})$ .

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Buoyant force = Weight of water displaced.
$= m g = 4 \times 10 N = 40 N$ .

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