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Chapter 14 Problem 3

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A hydrogen-filled balloon that weighs 10 N must displace ____ N of air in order to float in air. If it displaces less than N it will be buoyed up with N and sink. If it displaces N of air it will move upward.

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From the textbook chapter Gases and Plasmas you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.

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Title Practicing Physics for Conceptual Physics 10 
Author Paul G. Hewitt
ISBN 9780805391985

A hydrogen-filled balloon that weighs 10 N must displace ____ N of air in order to float

Chapter 14 textbook questions

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