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Contact forces are forces that act at a point of contact between two objects. Buoyant force is an example of a contact force.

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No, buoyancy is not a contact force. It is a force exerted by a fluid (such as water or air) on an object immersed in it and acts in the opposite direction to gravity.

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If it did, then you would feel heavier in water than you feel out of water.

Buoyant force always acts in the direction opposite to the force of gravity.

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Buoyant force depends on the density of the liquid in which you immerse an object.

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yes it is a contact force

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no

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