Aspherical weather balloon is filled with hydrogen until its radius is 3.00 m. its total mass including the instruments it carries is 11.0 kg. (a) find the buoyant force acting on the balloon, assuming the density of air is 1.29 kg/m3.

The buoyant force is equal to the weight of air displaced by the balloon:

where

is the air density

V is the volume of the balloon

is the gravitational acceleration

We need to find the volume of the balloon. Its radius is r=3.00 m, so its volume is

And by substituting this into the previous equation, we find the buoyant force acting on the balloon:

the independent variable, the one that is intentionally manipulated, is whether or not the car hits the barrier.

the dependent variable, the one that you measure the response in, is the distance that the washers travel.