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Ρvg, Where Ρ Is The Density Of The Fluid, V Is The Volume Of The

Forces acting on a diver are upthrust and weight. Upthrust is equal to the weight of fluid displaced according to Archimedes' principle. This upthrust opposes the diver's weight, and if upthrust is greater, the diver will float, while if weight is greater, the diver will sink. For a Cartesian diver, squeezing the bottle decreases the air volume and increases water volume inside the diver, decreasing the displaced fluid volume and thereby decreasing upthrust so the diver sinks.

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Ρvg, Where Ρ Is The Density Of The Fluid, V Is The Volume Of The

Forces acting on a diver are upthrust and weight. Upthrust is equal to the weight of fluid displaced according to Archimedes' principle. This upthrust opposes the diver's weight, and if upthrust is greater, the diver will float, while if weight is greater, the diver will sink. For a Cartesian diver, squeezing the bottle decreases the air volume and increases water volume inside the diver, decreasing the displaced fluid volume and thereby decreasing upthrust so the diver sinks.

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Forces acting on the diver are namely, upthrust and weight.

Archimedes principle states that


any object that is partially or fully submerged in a fluid experiences an upward force known
as the upthrust that is equal in magnitude to the weight of the fluid which is displaced. This
can be represented as U=Vg, where is the density of the fluid, V is the volume of the
fluid displaced, and g is the acceleration of free-fall.
This force opposes the weight of the object and the result determines the direction that the
object will move. If upthrust is greater than the weight, the object will float and vice versa.
For the case of the Cartesian diver, upthrust is varied by changing the volume of fluid, V, that
is displaced by the air within the diver. When the bottle is squeezed, part of the original
volume of air is now occupied by the water which enters due to a higher pressure. This
means that the volume of fluid displaced decreases, and as a result, upthrust decreases and
the object sinks.

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