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Posted by Jim on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 7:33pm.

On a perfect fall day, you are hovering at low altitude in a hot-air balloon, accelerated neither upward nor downward. The total weight of the balloon, including its load and the hot air in it, is 24000 N.
Find the weight of the displaced air.
Find the volume of the displaced air.

physics - drwls, Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 7:59pm
The displaced air weight is 24,000 N.

Divide by the WEIGHT density of air to get the air volume.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density_of_air
physics - Abdulaziz, Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 11:03pm
20000

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