When a body is placed in a container containing some liquid, the liquid exerts an upthrust equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.
I want to know which force balances this upthrust provided by the liquid.
Is it the weight of body, the reaction force by container on the ground, or something else which I did not notice?
Best Answer
It is the weight of the body that balances the upthrust. You can understand it easily by drawing a free body diagram.