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An empty plastic bottle closed with an airtight stopper is pushed down into a bucket filled with water. As the bottle is pushed down, there is an increasing force on the bottom. This is because
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more volume of liquid is dispaced.
more weight of liquid is displaced.
pressure increases with depth.
all the above
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all the above
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