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Bouyant Force on submerged hollow object with air trapped inside

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Hello,

I'm reading about buoyant forces, but my book does not mention anything about an object with air (or any gas/fluid whose density is less than that of the fluid the whole object is immersed in). So for simplicity's sake, if you have a sealed, hollow cylinder completely submerged in water with air trapped inside, how do you calculate the buoyant force(s)? I was thinking maybe it was

FB,air = ρairgVair
FB,water = ρwatergVwater

then add them together but that doesn't seem right...

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