Question
A piece of wood of mass 60kg and density 600kg/m3 flows in water of density of 1000kg/m3.calculate (a) volume of water that the wood displaced (b) the fraction of volume of mass and water
Answers
Damon
short answer:
40% above water
60% below water :)
long answer:
volume of wood = 60 kg (1 m^3/600kg)
= 0.1 m^3
volume of wood under water (see Archimedes)
= 60 kg (1 m^3/1000kg)
= 0.06 m^3
40% above water
60% below water :)
long answer:
volume of wood = 60 kg (1 m^3/600kg)
= 0.1 m^3
volume of wood under water (see Archimedes)
= 60 kg (1 m^3/1000kg)
= 0.06 m^3
nath
fraction = o.g