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Assertion: To float; a body must displace liquid whose weight
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Assertion: To float; a body must displace liquid whose weight is equal to the actual weight.
Reason: The body will experience no net downward force in that case.

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Both assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.

B
Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

C
Assertion is true but reason is false.

D
Both assertion and reason are false.

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If the body displaces liquid whose weight is equal to the actual weight of body, the downward force weight will be balanced by the buoyant force and the body won't experience any net downward force in that case.
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Assertion: To float; a body must displace liquid whose weight is equal to the actual weight.
Reason: The body will experience no net downward force in that case.
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