State whether the following statements are true or false : (a) The buoyant force depends on the nature of object immersed in the liquid. (b) Archimedes' principle can also be applied to gases.
Archimedes' principle states that: "The upward buoyant force that is exerted on a body immersed in a fluid, whether fully or partially submerged, is equal to the volume of the fluid that the body displaces."