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A body floats in a liquid contained in a beaker. The whole system as shown in the figure falls freely under gravity. The upthrust on the body is




A. ZeroB. equal to the weight of the liquid displaced.C. equal to the weight of the body in airD. equal to the weight of the immersed portion of the body

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B. equal to the weight of the liquid displaced.

The upthrust on a body immersed in a liquid is equal to the weight of the liquid displaced by the immersed portion of the body. This principle is known as Archimedes' principle. When an object is placed in a fluid (liquid or gas), it displaces an amount of fluid equal to its own volume. The fluid exerts an upward force (upthrust) on the object, which is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. This force counteracts the force of gravity on the object, leading to either floating or buoyancy.