Single Choice

A piece of wood is held underwater. The up thrust on it is:

Aequal to the weight of the wood
Bless than the weight of the wood
Cmore than the weight of the wood
Correct Answer
Dzero

Solution

The up thrust on the wood is in the upward direction.

It is the sum of the weight of wood and force applied to hold it underwater.

Thus, it is more than the weight of wood.

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