When a body is floating in a liquid :

the weight of body is less than the upthrust due to immersed part of body

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the weight of body is more than the upthrust due to immersed part of body

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the weight of body is equal to the upthrust due to immersed part of body

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none of the above

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Solution

The correct option is C
the weight of body is equal to the upthrust due to immersed part of body

When the body freely floats in a liquid then the weight of the whole body is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the immersed part of the body.
This is called the law of floatation.
If $W = R$ , then the body just floats in the fluid, where, $W = W e i g h t o f b o d y, R = u p t h r u s t$ .
Hence, option C is correct.

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