1. A hollow cube with edge length
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On the bottom
Hint
The pressure 
2. A vessel shaped like a truncated cone with a detachable bottom is submerged in water. If 200 g of water is poured into the vessel, the bottom detaches. Will the bottom detach if a 200 g weight is placed on it? If 200 g of oil is poured in? If 200 g of mercury is poured in?
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If the container narrows upwards, the weight and mercury will not detach the bottom, but the oil will. If the container narrows downwards, the opposite is true.
Hint
The pressure force of the liquid acts on the bottom from the inside: 
3. A tube with cross-sectional area
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Hint
Apply the equilibrium condition for non-uniform liquids in communicating vessels.
4. To lift a load of mass
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5. Water is poured into communicating vessels with diameters
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The water levels in both cases rise by
6. Water and alcohol, separated by mercury, are poured into the arms of a U-shaped tube. The mercury levels in both arms are equal. At a height of 24 cm from the mercury level, the arms are connected by a horizontal tube with a valve (see figure). Initially, the valve is closed. Determine the height of the alcohol column 
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Hint
See problem 3. By plotting the graph of pressure versus height (initial level - mercury level) for both arms (see the following figure), it is easy to see that at the height where the tube is located, the pressure in the arm with alcohol is greater than in the arm with water. Therefore, alcohol will flow over. For equilibrium not to be disturbed when the tap is opened, the tube must be positioned inclined. The difference in heights of the tube connection points can be found using the graph. 
7. An ice floe with cross-sectional area
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Hint
During uniform immersion of the ice floe, the buoyant force
8. A piece of ice floats in a glass of water. Will the water level change when the ice melts? Also consider the cases: 1) when the ice contains an air bubble; 2) when the ice contains a lead plate.
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Ice displaces water whose weight is equal to the weight of the ice. When the ice melts, the same amount of water is formed, so the level will not change.
- The presence of an air bubble in the piece of ice does not change the previous reasoning (the mass of air is negligible), therefore, in this case too, the water level in the vessel will remain the same.
- If the ice contains a piece of lead, then the volume of water formed when the ice melts, together with the volume of the piece of lead, will be less than in the case of a piece of pure ice of the same weight. Consequently, the level will decrease.
9. One bottle is filled with water, the other with mercury. Will the water-filled bottle sink if placed in water? Will the mercury-filled bottle sink if placed in mercury?
Answer
The bottle with water will sink, but the one with mercury will not.
Hint
The weight of the bottle with water is greater than the weight of water whose volume is equal to the external volume of the bottle, while the bottle with mercury weighs less than the same volume of mercury.
10. A rectangular tin box with mass
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11. A 2-liter pot is completely filled with water. A body with volume
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0.5 kg.
12. A tin can with a load floats on the surface of water in a vessel, with the water level at
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Less.
Solution
When the weight is removed from the beaker, the volume of water displaced by the beaker will decrease by
13. A liquid with density
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Solution
1st method. When the body is placed in the vessel, the pressure force on the bottom increases by
2nd method. A body of mass
14. A liquid with density
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Hint
See problem 13. The changes in liquid levels in the arms are the same.
15. A mushroom-shaped concrete structure is installed at the bottom of a river (dimensions are given in the following figure). The river's depth is 
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Hint
The pressure force of the structure on the bottom consists of the pressure force of water on the upper surface of the part, the weight of the structure, and the pressure force of water on the lower surface, directed upwards and equal to
16. A wooden cube lies at the bottom of a vessel. Will it float if water is poured into the vessel (assuming water does not seep under the cube)?
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No, because the buoyant (Archimedean) force does not arise - hydrostatic pressure is not transmitted to the lower face of the cube due to the absence of liquid under it.
17. A round hole with area
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Hint
The buoyant (Archimedean) force is maximum when the water reaches the top of the plug. At this point, it is equal to the weight of the water in the shaded volume of the plug (see the following figure). 
18. An empty open bottle is submerged neck-down into water to a depth
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Hint
At the sought depth
19. A hollow sphere (outer radius
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Hint
The sphere will be in suspension inside the liquid if its mass (weight) is equal to the mass (weight) of the liquid whose volume is equal to the volume of the sphere.
20. A hollow cast iron sphere floats in water, submerged exactly halfway. Find the volume
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21. A vessel with water is balanced on a scale. How will the balance change if a block with dimensions
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45 g; on the other pan.
Hint
In accordance with Newton's third law, a force equal in magnitude to the Archimedean (buoyant) force acting on the block, and directed downwards, will act on the vessel with water from the side of the block. This force arises due to the increase in hydrostatic pressure on the bottom (and walls) of the vessel as a result of the rise in the water level in the vessel after immersing the block (see also problem 13).
22. Solid aluminum and iron balls are balanced on a lever. Will the balance be disturbed if the balls are submerged in water? Consider two cases: a) balls of equal mass; b) balls of equal volume.
Answer
In both cases, it will be disturbed; the iron ball will outweigh.
Hint
See the previous problem. In the second case, the arms are not equal and the moments of the buoyant forces are also not equal.
23. The weight of a piece of iron in water is
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Solution
Since the weighed piece of iron is in equilibrium, we can write:
24. The weight of a body in water is three times less than its weight in air. What is the density of the body's material?
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1.5 g/cm
Solution
1st method. See the previous problem.
2nd method. Assume that the weight of the body in air is three units, then in water, according to the condition, the weight is one unit, i.e., the loss of weight in water is two units, which is equal to the weight of water in the volume of the body. Hence the density is
25. A wooden block floats in water. How will the depth of the block's submersion change if oil is poured on top of the water?
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It will decrease, as the liquid pressure on the lower face of the block increases.
26. A certain body floats on the surface of water in a closed vessel. How will the depth of submersion change if air is pumped into the vessel?
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It will not change if the compressibility of the body is the same as that of water; it will increase if the compressibility is greater than that of water, and decrease otherwise.
27. One end of a thread is fixed to the bottom, and the other is attached to a cork float. Here, 0.75 of the float's total volume is submerged in water. Determine the tension force
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28. A bucket hangs from a dynamometer's hook. Will the dynamometer's reading change if the bucket is filled with water and submerged in water?
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It will decrease by the amount of the weight of water displaced by the walls and bottom of the bucket.
29. A vessel, completely filled with water, hangs from a dynamometer. Will the dynamometer's reading change if a weight suspended by a thread is submerged into the water without touching the bottom?
Answer
The dynamometer reading will not change.
Hint
The water displaced by the weight will spill out of the vessel. Thus, the weight of the water in the vessel will decrease, which exactly compensates for the force arising from the weight on the vessel with water, which is equal to the buoyant (Archimedean) force acting on the weight. (See also problem 10.21).
30. A vessel with water and a stand with a copper weight of mass 
Answer
Place a weight of mass
Hint
When the weight is immersed, the force acting on the left arm of the balance beam increases, and on the right - decreases by an amount equal to the buoyant force
31. A thin uniform rod is hinged at its upper end. The lower part of the rod is submerged in water, and equilibrium is achieved when the rod is inclined to the water's surface, with half of it underwater. What is the density of the rod's material?
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0.75 g/cm
Solution
Since the stick is thin, we can assume that the buoyant force 
32. Two balls with radii
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At a distance
Hint
The differences between the forces of gravity and Archimedean forces acting on the weights are respectively:
33. A tube with radius 
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Solution
The plate will rotate around point B (see the following figure). The water pressures from both sides of the plate balance each other everywhere except for the area above the tube. Here the water pressure force is 
34. A body submerged in a liquid is balanced on a scale. Will the scale's reading change if the liquid and the submerged body are heated?
Answer
The answer depends on the ratio of the thermal expansion coefficients of the body and the liquid. If the thermal coefficient of the body is less than that of the liquid (as is usually the case), the body will outweigh.
35. A solid homogeneous body with volume
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Solution
The mass of the body must be equal to the mass of the displaced liquids:
36. A wooden cube with side length 10 cm floats between oil and water, with 2.5 cm of its height below the oil's surface. The cube's bottom surface is 2.5 cm below the interface. What is the cube's mass
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Hint
See the solution to the previous problem.
37. A steel cube (density
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38. A piece of cork weighs
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0.2 g/cm
Solution
Let: mass of the cork
39. An open cylindrical glass is submerged into water in two ways: once with the base up and once with the base down, both to the same depth. In which case is the work required to submerge the glass greater? No water spills from the vessel, and no water enters the glass when submerged base-down.
Answer
When the beaker is immersed in the inverted position, water, compressing the air inside it, partially fills its internal volume. With the same immersion of the beaker in water, in the first case, the displaced volume of water is less than in the second case, and therefore the work is less.
40. Two balloon envelopes of equal mass—one made of elastic rubber, the other of rubberized fabric—are filled with the same amount of hydrogen and occupy equal volumes near Earth. Which balloon will rise higher, assuming no hydrogen escapes?
Answer
The thin rubber balloon will rise to a great height. At the same height above the Earth, the volume of the thin rubber balloon, and hence the buoyant force acting on it, will be greater than for the fabric balloon.
41. By what factor will the lifting force of the gas filling an aerostat (airship) change if helium is used instead of hydrogen?
Answer
Decreases by a factor of 1.08.
Solution
The lift force
42. A thin-walled tube of a mercury barometer is suspended from a dynamometer. What does the dynamometer show? Will its reading change with atmospheric pressure variations?
Answer
The dynamometer shows the sum of the weight of the tube and the force of atmospheric pressure on the tube, equal to the weight of mercury in the tube.
43. Estimate the mass of the gaseous envelope surrounding the Earth.
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44. An L-shaped tube, with its long arm open, is filled with hydrogen. In which direction will the rubber film covering the short arm bulge?
Answer
The pressures of air and water at level I-I (see figure) are respectively equal: 
45. Water flows through a pipe with a constriction. An elastic rubber ball is released into the pipe. How will its diameter change as it passes through the narrow section?
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It will increase, because the speed of water in the narrow part of the pipe is greater, and the pressure is correspondingly less than in the wide part of the pipe.
46. A body with mass
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Solution
To move the body in water, a force
47. A vertical tube with a piston is fixed in a reservoir such that its lower end is submerged in water. The piston, initially lying on the water's surface, is slowly raised to height
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Solution
The water pressure directly under the pump piston is equal to
48. A submarine is at depth
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Solution
Applying Torricelli's formula for the outflow velocity from the opening
49. A water jet shoots from a hose. The flow rate is
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Solution
The speed of water at the end of the fire hose is
50. Why does a fast-moving bullet only make two small holes in an empty plastic cup, while a water-filled cup shatters into pieces when hit by a bullet?
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During the time the bullet is in the glass, the water level in it does not have time to change. The resulting high-pressure region upon compression of the water spreads in all directions with the speed of sound, reaches the walls of the glass, and it shatters. This experiment illustrates the low compressibility of liquids.