Does the buoyant force increase when a person dives towards the bottom of the swimming pool?
Buoyant force = Weight of Displaced Fluid (in this case water) Buoyant force = mass of water * acceleration due to gravity Buoyant force = density of water * volume of displaced water * acceleration due to gravity The density of water and the volume of the displaced water remain the same, and the acceleration due to gravity barely increases as the person dives deeper, therefore NO.