Asked by Livi

When water fills a submarine's flotation tanks, the overall density of the submarine does what?

(A) Decreases
(B) Stays the same
(C) Increases
(D) Reduces the boyant force
Answered by please
The density will go up.
Answered by Damon
please gave you the answer that is wanted. However Naval Architects sometimes use what we call the "lost buoyancy" method which is D. you can do hydrostatics problems either way, "added weight" or "lost buoyancy".