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A block of wood floats in a liquid in a beaker with \mathrm{3 / 4^{\text {th }}} of its volume submerged under the liquid. If the beaker is placed in an enclosure that is falling freely under gravity, the block will

Option: 1

float with \mathrm{3 / 4^{\text {th }}} of its volume submerged
 


Option: 2

float completely submerged
 


Option: 3

float with any fraction of its volume submerged
 


Option: 4

sink to the bottom.


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When the beaker, with the block floating in the liquid, is falling freely under gravity, both its weight and upthrust will be zero. Hence the block will float with any fraction of its volume submerged. Thus the correct choice is (c).

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