A piece of wood is floating on the water. Which one of these statements correctly describes buoyant force?
A) It is zero.
B) It is equal to the weight of the wood.
C) It is equal to all the other forces acting on the wood, but is opposite in direction.
D) It is equal in magnitude but opposite in direction to the weight of the wood.
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