Question

What is the effect of force buoyancy on the weight of a body?

Answer 1

• Weight: It is the gravitational force acting on a body in vertically downward direction.
• Buoyant force: It is the force exerted by a fluid on the immersed object in vertically upward direction.
• Both weight and buoyant force act in opposite direction.
• So, the weight of the body is reduced when it is immersed in a fluid due to the opposition of buoyant force.
• In the case of floating bodies, both weight and buoyant force balance each other so that the apparent weight is equal to zero.