/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11612277
Think about it in terms of two sequential steps.
First of all, the buoyant force is independent of the object's density. You can intuitively think that this happens because it's "exerted by the water surrounding it".
Secondly, if we consider a still body of water, and a "ball of water" inside it, the buoyant force (suffered by the ball of water) cancels out exactly with the force of gravity on the "ball" (because the water is still). For arbitrary shapes other than balls it's the exact same.

I think it was furryfag who explained it like this once, but I don't remember.