A large container of water is sitting on a balance. The weight of the container plus the water is 10 newtons. An object the weight of 7 newtons hanging from a forcemeter is lowered towards the surface of the water . what reading on the force meter would you expect?

3N

Explanation:

Note that when an object is immersed in water it weighs less.

This means the weight seen is the apparent weight.

Now in water there is upthrust and is a counter force acting on the object and this force is opposite to the weight of the fluid alongside the container 10N

The apparent weight is the real weight - the upthrust

7N-10 = -3N

The essence of the negative sign is to show that this force is acting in opposite direction to the weight.

Note: the upthrust is 10N and it's opposite to the weight of the fluid and the tube on which the object on the force meter is subjected to.

they start with the same

i think it’s a. this is because if they measured the mass of something with a mass of 150g, then their final answer would have to be approximately 150g. though all of their answers are almost 150, rosa and tran have the closest answers (or the exact answer) to the accurate one.