A ball with a density of 1100 kg/m3 is submerged in two liquids: water (ρ = 1000 kg/m3) and honey (ρ = 1400 kg/m3). What will the ball do?
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The ball will sink in both the honey and the water because any solid object will sink in a liquid.
The ball will sink in both the honey and the water because any solid object will sink in a liquid.
We do not have enough information because we need to know the mass of the ball in order to determine whether it will sink or float.
We do not have enough information because we need to know the mass of the ball in order to determine whether it will sink or float.
It will sink and accelerate downwards in honey. It will float and accelerate upwards in water. Objects with a smaller density than the surrounding liquid sink, while objects with a greater density than the surrounding liquid float.
It will sink and accelerate downwards in honey. It will float and accelerate upwards in water. Objects with a smaller density than the surrounding liquid sink, while objects with a greater density than the surrounding liquid float.
It will sink and accelerate downwards in water. It will float and accelerate upwards in honey. Objects with a greater density than the surrounding liquid sink, while objects with a smaller density than the surrounding liquid float.
It will sink in honey but float in water. The ball will float in any liquid where the density of the liquid is less than the density of the ball, and it will sink in any liquid where the density of the liquid is greater than the density of the ball.
It will sink and accelerate downwards in water. It will float and accelerate upwards in honey. Objects with a greater density than the surrounding liquid sink, while objects with a smaller density than the surrounding liquid float.
(although I do not think it will accelerate upwards very fast in the sticky honey :)