A plastic ball floats in gasoline. The weight of the ball is 40.0 N, and its volume is 10.0 L (that is 10 × 10-3 m3). The density of the gasoline is 680 kg/m3. Now the same plastic ball is placed in honey and still floats. Honey is more dense than gasoline. The buoyant force on the ball in honey will be _____the buoyant force in gasoline.

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A plastic ball floats in gasoline. The weight of the ball is 40.0 N, and its volume is 10.0 L (that is 10 × 10-3 m3). The density of the gasoline is 680 kg/m3. Now the same plastic ball is placed in honey and still floats. Honey is more dense than gasoline. The buoyant force on the ball in honey will be _____the buoyant force in gasoline.

 

 

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