Is the buoyant force on a submerged object equal to the weight of the object itself or is it equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object?

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Is the buoyant force on a submerged object equal to the weight of the object itself or is it equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object?

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yes it is because of Archimedes principle

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