A 500 N weight sits on the small piston of a hydraulic machine.
A 500 N weight sits on the small piston of a hydraulic machine. The small piston has an area of 2 cm2 . If the large piston has an area of 40 cm2 A) 25 N , how much weight can the large piston support? B) 500 N C) 10000 N D) 40000 N 9. As a rock sinks deeper and deeper into water of constant density, what happens to the buoyant force on it? A) It increases. B) It remains constant. C) It decreases. D) It may increase or decrease, depending on the shape of the rock.