9-1.Fluid Mechanics
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A boat carrying a number of stones is floating in a water tank. If the stones are unloaded into water, the water level in the tank will ............

A

Remain unchanged

B

Rise

C

Fall

D

Rise or fall depends on the number of stones unioaded

Solution

(c)

Previously when stones are on the boat they are increasing the weight on the boat and to balance this weight boat needs to generate buoyancy force by displacing more water, but when stones are removed the boat starts displacing less amount of water hence the level of water in tank falls.

Standard 11
Physics

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