Chapter 10 Fluids

 Answer sheet.

1.  See Question 11.15 in your text (pg. 336). 

2. The buoyant force on an immersed body has the same magnitude as

a. the weight of the body.

b. the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.

c. the difference between the weights of the body and the displaced fluid.

d. the average pressure of the fluid times the surface area of the body.

3.  Estimate the total pressure on the ocean floor.  Be sure to tell me what assumptions you are making.

4. Are there any thoughts you wish to share, whether they are about this assignment, the reading (what seems impossible, what makes no sense, what you'd like to spend time on in class, what you really found interesting etc) or the course?