Work done in lifting a object from underwater if it displaces $W'$ of water? [closed]

A spherical shot of W gm weight and radius r cm, lies at the bottom of cylindrical bucket of radius R cm. The bucket is filled with water up to a depth of $h\,\mathrm{cm}$ $\left(h > 2r\right).$ Show that the minimum amount of work done in lifting the shot just clear of the water must be$$[W(h-4r^3/3R^2)+W'(r-h+2r^3/3R^2)] \,.$$ W'gm is the weight of water displaced by the shot.

I tried to solve this question by assuming that Work is generally defined as force times distance. The depth is the distance in this case (or however far you lift the object) and the force is the apparent weight of the submerged object so W(app) = mg − Fb = mg − ρ(fluid)gV(obj)

but i dont know weather to add drag force or not and how to use w'( wt of water displaced by shot)

• The energy needed to overcome "drag force" usually is a function of speed. The faster you try to move whatever it is, the more the "drag force" opposes the movement. Since the question asks you to compute the minimum amount of work needed, you probably can assume that the shot is lifted so slowly that the drag force can be ignored. But of course, only your instructor can say for certain. – Solomon Slow Jun 11 '18 at 15:15
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• @jameslarge thanxx.. though i neglect drag force but still how to use W' and how to reach W′(r−h+2r^3/3R^2)] . – Rahul Shukla Jun 11 '18 at 15:18

The water level will decrease by $d$ and you can find $d$ by equating the volume of the ball with the volume of the cylinder of height $d$.
You can calculate the increase of the potential energy of the ball knowing that its weight is $W$ and its center of gravity has increased from $r$ to $h-d+r$.
You can calculate the decrease of the potential energy of water displaced by the ball knowing that its weight is $W'$ and its center of gravity has decreased from $h-\frac d 2$ to $r$.
• @RahulShukla $h-d/2$ is the height of the center of gravity of the slice of the displaced water ($d$, of course, is the height or the thickness of the slice). – V.F. Jun 12 '18 at 19:18