1. If the Volume of the vessel is 20 then we know that the maximum amount of displaced fluid will be [v] units?
2. When you place the vessel in the water there will be [u] units of fluid displaced, which will flow into the graduated cylinder.
3. After placing the cargo ship in the water, we now have [u] units of mass or volume left to displace.
4. If each piece of cargo that we add to the vessel in the water is 4 units, we can place a maximum of [u] pieces of cargo in the hold of the vessel without sinking the vessel.
5. When you compared the mass of the vessel to the mass of the displaced fluid after sinking, you observed that the mass of the vessel was Term 1 the mass of the displaced fluid, which means the buoyant force is Term 2 the weight of the vessel.