Question

Describe how to derive Archimedes' Principle based off of using any of the following:

Mass of object in air, volume of overflow water, mass of object in water, average weight of object in air, average weight of object in water, and average weight of overflow water.

Then use percent error to compare your experimental results with those predicted from Archimedes' Principle.

Answer 1

The buoyant force on an object equals the weight of the fluid it displaces. In equation form, Archimedes’ principle is

where is the buoyant force and is the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.

w =

m =

V = Vb ... volume of body immersed

Fb =

DATA

Note: The densities are blank because they must be calculated

ANALYSIS

method 1

method 2