Apiece of wood with a density of 706 kg/m3 is tied with a string to the bottom of a water-filled flask. the wood is completely immersed. suppose the flask with the wood tied to the bottom is placed on a scale. at some point the string breaks and the wood rises to the surface where it floats.

part a

when the wood is floating, is the reading on the scale greater than, less than, or equal to its previous reading?

part b

choose the best explanation from among the following:

when the block is floating it no longer pulls upward on the flask; therefore, the reading on the scale increases.
the same mass is supported by the scale before and after the string breaks, and therefore the reading on the scale remains the same.