A balloon filled with helium gas has an average density of ρb = 0.28 kg/m3. The density of the air is about ρa = 1.23 kg/m3. The volume

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A balloon filled with helium gas has an average density of ρb = 0.28 kg/m3. The density of the air is about ρa = 1.23 kg/m3. The volume of the balloon is Vb = 0.087 m3. The balloon floats upward with acceleration a.

`1) Express the net force F on the balloon in terms of its weight W and the buoyancy force Fb on it, assuming upward is the positive direction.

2) Calculate the numerical value of the acceleration a in m/s2. 

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