A spherical hot air balloon of diameter 20. meters just floats (hovers) when the hot air inside has been heated to a density of 1.00 kg/m3

What is the weight of the balloon and cargo (not including the air inside) if the surrounding air has a density of 1.30 kg/m3?


1.2 × 104 Newtons (weight of 1.3 × 103 kg)

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