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A boat floating in a water tank is carrying a number of large stones. If the stones are unladed into water, what will happen to the water level?

 A boat floating in a water tank is carrying a number of large stones. If the stones are unladed into water, what will happen to the water level?

Grade:12th pass

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Aditi Chauhan
askIITians Faculty 396 Points
9 years ago

KEY CONCEPT :

When the stones were in the boat, the weight of stones were balanced by the buoyant force.

Vs ds = Vldl

Vl, Vs = volume of liquid and stone respectively

dl,ds = volume of liquid and stone respectively

Since, ds > dl ? Vs < Vl

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