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Assertion :A block of wood is floating in a pond of water and
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Assertion :A block of wood is floating in a pond of water and its apparent weigth is zero.
Reason :The weight of water displaced (buoyant force) acting vertically upwards is just equal to the weight of the body which acts vertically downwards.

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion

C
Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect

D
Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect

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Assertion :A block of wood is floating in a pond of water and its apparent weigth is zero.
Reason :The weight of water displaced (buoyant force) acting vertically upwards is just equal to the weight of the body which acts vertically downwards.
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Loss in weight of body=weight of water displaced by the body=Buoyancy force or
upthrust exerted by water on the body
So, both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
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Assertion :A block of wood is floating in a pond of water and its apparent weigth is zero.
Reason :The weight of water displaced (buoyant force) acting vertically upwards is just equal to the weight of the body which acts vertically downwards.
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