A solid cuboid is completely submerged in water

PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Gravitation · Gravitation

Problem

A solid cuboid is completely submerged in water. Explain, with reason, why the horizontal forces acting on its opposite vertical faces do not contribute to the net buoyant force on the body.

Related theory

Buoyant Force
Fluid Statics
Buoyancy and Archimedes' principle
Fluids
Buoyancy
Gravitation

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