Two life preservers have identical volumes, one filled with Styrofoam and the other filled with sand. When both life preservers are fully submerged, the buoyant force is greater on the one filled with
A)Styrofoam.
B)sand.
C)same on each if volumes remain the same.

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The buoyant force depends on the volume of fluid displaced, not the material inside. Since both have the same volume, the buoyant force is the same on each.

Two Life Preservers Have Identical Volumes, One Filled with Styrofoam