A body weighs 50 gf in air and 30 gf when fully immersed in water. Find the upthrust, the volume of the body and its relative density.
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Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
2 N
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The mass of water displaced is 200 g = 0.2 kg, and the upthrust equals its weight, 0.2 × 10 = 2 N.
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