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Submarines use principle of ‘neutral buoyancy’ to go into the water.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was addressed to me during an online exam.

This interesting question is from Bouyancy topic in division Buoyancy and Floatation of Fluid Mechanics

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Right choice is (a) True

For explanation I would say: To dive, the submarine tanks are opened to allow air to exhaust, while the water flows in. When the weight has been balanced so the overall density of the submarine is equal to the water around it, it has neutral buoyancy and hence will go down.

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