A boy is carrying a bucket of water in one hand and a piece of plastic in the other. After transferring the plastic piece to the bucket (in which it floats) the boy will carry :

Options

A. same load as before
B. more loas as before
C. less load as before
D. either less or more load, depending on the density of plastic

Answer

A

Explanation

(a) The buoyant force exerted by water on the plastic piece will result in reaction one the bottom of the bucket to the same extent, thereby keeping the total load or weight to be the same as before.