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You are shipwrecked and floating in the middle of the ocean ona raft. You have a treasure chest full of gold. Your raft is barelyafloat, so you have two choices on how to position the treasurechest:

1) Keep the chest on top of the raft
2) Tie the treasure chest to the bottom of the raft, so thatthe chest is completely submerged.

A) Which choice would cause you to displace a greater mass ofwater? Or, would they both cause you to displace an equal mass ofwater?
B) Which choice would cause you to displace a greater volumeof water? Or, would they both cause you to displace an equal volumeof water?
C) Which choice would cause the raft to float higher in thewater? Or would they both do so?

Please explain and show your work! Thank you!

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Solution Buoyant force is the upthrust acting on the surface of boat and is equals to the weight of water displaced by the boat Now if buoyant force equals the weight of the object then that boat will float and if it is lesser than the weight of the boat it will sink The weight of water displaced    See Answer
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