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Can a bucket float on water?
It cannot be done. The only way to float an object is for the object to be able to displace a volume of fluid that is equal to the weight of the object.
Why is easier to lift the bucket from the well when it is inside the water?
It is easier to pull the bucket of water from a well until it is inside the water but difficult when it is out of the water because upthrust acts when the bucket is under water and gravity acts when the bucket is out of the water.
How do you know if density will float in water?
The density of an object determines whether it will float or sink in another substance. An object will float if it is less dense than the liquid it is placed in. An object will sink if it is more dense than the liquid it is placed in.
Why is it easier to pull water from a well?
Answer: Upthrust due to water is greater than that of air. Upthrust exerted by water decreases weight of body. Hence, it is easier to pull a bucket of water from the well until it is inside the water but difficult when it is out of water.
Why is it easier to lift heavy stones in water?
It is easier to lift a heavy stone under water than in air because in water, it experiences an upward buoyant force. Thus, there is an apparent loss in weight, which makes it lighter in water, and hence easy to lift.
What happens when you pull on a bucket of water?
By pulling on the bucket, you keep it around the (also falling) water. The bucket is being pulled down faster. The water has upward inertia from the upswing. Gravity acting on the water imposes a constant acceleration – g or 9.81 m/s 2. The bucket is also accelerated by you pulling it.
Why is it bad to use float?
Because the values cannot be stored precisely, people who use float end up with values that don’t match, columns of values that don’t quite add up, or totals that are a cent out, etc. They spend their lives trying to round values to fix the issue, and usually don’t get it right. Here’s an example. What values should this code print?
Why doesn’t a bucket of water fall faster than a projectile?
The vertical and horizontal components of the velocity are always changing around the circle. The projectile is falling, but the water isn’t purely falling. It’s also being pushed by the normal force provided by the bucket. The water does fall. It just doesn’t fall faster than the bucket.
What happens to a bucket of water when it is inverted?
When a bucket full of water is just lifted up and inverted, the water in the bucket is strongly pulled by gravity of the earth’s surface where as there is no normal force below as there is no surface to limit fall of the water and hence it falls When you rotate…