Is the buoyant force on a submerged object equal to the weight of the object itself or equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object?

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Buoyant force
The force that enables objects to float is referred to as buoyancy. It is the external force felt by an object that is partially or completely submerged in water or any other liquid.
The pressure acting on the opposite sides of an object or body immersed in a static fluid causes the phenomenon of buoyancy.
The buoyant force on a submerged object,
Archimedes' principle is the statement that the buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.
The buoyant force depends upon the density of the fluid.
Buoyancy is defined as an upward force exerted by any fluid when an object is immersed in it.
The pressure is more on the bottom of the object than the top of the object as the pressure increases with depth.
These forces acting on the body are called Buoyant forces.
When a body is immersed partly or wholly in a liquid, there is an apparent loss in the weight of the body which is equal to the weight of the liquid displaced by the body.
This buoyant force is nothing, but equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.
Thus, we see here, that the weight of the displaced fluid is equal to the weight of the body.
Hence, the buoyant force on a submerged object is equal to the fluid displaced by the object.

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