A freely floating object is stable, if its centre of buoyancy

1.	A freely floating object is stable, if its centre of buoyancy
A.	coincides with its centre of gravity.
B.	lies below its centre of gravity.
C.	lies below its metacentre.
D.	none of these.
Answer» B. lies below its centre of gravity.

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