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Q.

A cylinder of cork is floating in water in a container closed at the top as shown in the figure. Now more air is introduced into the container so that pressure of air on the free surface is increased. Then volume of water displaced by the cork

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a

may increase or decrease depending upon the pressure of air on the free surface of water

b

decreases

c

remains unchanged 

d

increases

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Let V' be the initial volume of water displaced by the cork and V'' be the final volume of water displace by the same cork. If m be the mass of the cork, then initially, 

mg+PA=P+ρghAmg=ρghA

mg=ρgV'.......1whereV'=hA

Finally mg+P'A=P'+ρgh1Amg=ρgh1Amg=ρgV''..........2

Here h = initial submerged length, h' = final submerged length, From equations (1) and (2), V'' = V

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