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Q. A boat carrying a number of large stones is floating in a water tank. What will happen to the water level if the stones are unloaded into water?

ManipalManipal 2008Mechanical Properties of Fluids

Solution:

When stones are unloaded into water, then water displaced by the stones separately and unload boat will be less than the water displaced by the boat containing stones. Thus,. water level will fall.