A beach ball filled with air is pushed about 1 m belowthe surface of a swimming pool and

Chapter 14, Problem 2

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A beach ball filled with air is pushed about 1 m belowthe surface of a swimming pool and released from rest.Which of the following statements are valid, assumingthe size of the ball remains the same? (Choose allcorrect statements.) (a) As the ball rises in the pool,the buoyant force on it increases. (b) When the ballis released, the buoyant force exceeds the gravitationalforce, and the ball accelerates upward. (c) The buoyantforce on the ball decreases as the ball approaches thesurface of the pool. (d) The buoyant force on the ballequals its weight and remains constant as the ball rises.(e) The buoyant force on the ball while it is submergedis approximately equal to the weight of a volume ofwater that could fill the ball.

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