American Public University PHYS 133; Week 10 Lab 4_ Answered latest 2025/26.

Buoyant Force and Archimedes Principle

PRE-LAB QUESTIONS
1. Draw a free body diagram of a hanging mass before it is submerged in water. Make
sure to label your forces.




2. Draw a free body diagram of a hanging mass after it is submerged in water. Make sure
to label your forces. Which force is the force you measure with the spring scale?




3. Apply Newton’s second law to your free body diagram in Pre-Lab Question 2 to solve
for the magnitude of the buoyant force.
Net force= Buoyant force – weight
0=FB−mg F B=mg




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