When an object is partly or wholly immersed in a liquid,it is buoyed up
A)by a force equal to its own weight.
B)by a force equal to the weight of liquid displaced.
C)and floats because of Archimedes' principle.
D)but sinks.
E)none of the above

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According to Archimedes' principle, when an object is immersed in a fluid, it experiences an upward buoyant force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. Therefore, the correct option is B.

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