Q.State and prove Archimedes principle.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Step 1. Statement. Archimedes' principle states that a body partially or wholly immersed in a fluid experiences an upward thrust equal to the weight of the fluid it displaces, acting through the centre of gravity of the displaced fluid.
Step 2. Proof. Consider a rectangular block of cross-sectional area A fully immersed in a liquid of density , with its top face at depth and bottom face at the greater depth (so the block's height is ).
Step 3. The pressure at the top face is , producing a downward force ; the pressure at the bottom face is , producing an upward force . (The horizontal pressure forces on the side faces cancel by symmetry.)
Step 4. The net upward force is , where is exactly the volume of the block (and hence the volume of liquid it displaces). …
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