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A person in a boat floating in a small pond throws an anchor overboard. Does the level of the pond rise, fall or remain the same? |
| Answer» The level of the pond falls. This is because the anchor displaces more water while in the boat. A floating object displaces a volume of water whose weight is equal to the weight of the object. A submerged objecct displaces a volume of water equal to the volume of the object. Because the density of anchor is greater than that of water, a volume of water that weighs the same as the anchor will be greater than the volume of the anchor. | |