Posted by Tammy on Monday, December 3, 2007 at 5:27pm.
Yes. They are trying to confuse you with extra information.
No matter how much of the object is submerged, as long as it is floating, the weight of the object equals the weight of the displaced fluid. That is Archimides Law (or Principle).
It should be a Law by now.
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