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A body of weight W is floating in a liquid. Its apparent weight will be :
  1. equal to W
  2. less than W
  3. greater than W
  4. zero.

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The correct option is D zero.

Apparent weight is lessened by buoyancy, which occurs when an object is immersed in a fluid (a liquid or a gas).

For example, an object immersed in water weighs less, according to a spring balance, than the same object in air. The apparent weight of a floating object is zero


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