Question

If you are in a small boat in a swimming pool and there is a bowling ball in the boat as well, and you toss the ball into the pool. Does the water level in the pool raise, lower, or stay the same? Why?

Answer 1

Dear Student ,
$$\begin{gathered} Whentheballisintheboatallofitsweightissupportedbythedisplacementofwater-thewaterlevelishigh. \\ Whendropped,theball\sin kstothebottom,wheresomeofitsweightissupportedbyreactionforcefromtheground, \\ andnotfromdisplacedwater.Withlesswaterbeingdisplacedthewaterlevelwillbelower. \end{gathered}$$

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