When an object is partly or wholly immersed in a liquid, it is buoyed up
A) by a force equal to the weight of liquid displaced.
B) but nevertheless sinks.
C) by a force equal to its own weight.
D) and floats because of Archimedes principle.
E) none of these

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According to Archimedes' principle, an object immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.

When an Object Is Partly or Wholly Immersed in a Liquid