Buoyancy: The bathyscaphe Trieste consists of a thin-walled but very strong cylindrical hull, 15.2 m long and 3.66 m in diameter, filled with gasoline with a density of 880 kg/m3 to make it buoyant. If it is totally submerged in seawater with a density of 1025 kg/m3 and neither rising nor sinking, what is the weight of the Trieste craft?
A. 127 kN
B. 227 kN
C. 327 kN
D. 427 kN
E. 527 kN
Answer: B
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