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Giving reason state the reading on a spring balance when it is attached to a floating block of wood which weighs 50 g in air.

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The reading on the spring balance will be zero. It is because the weight of floating block of wood is fully supported by the liquid in which it is floating. Hence, it does not exert any force on the spring balance.

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