Question
An ocean-going ferryboat is 4.38 m wide and 6.53 m long. When a truck pulls onto it, the boat sinks 6.36 cm in the water.
What is the weight of the truck?
What is the weight of the truck?
Answers
Steve
volume of water displaced is
4.3m * 6.53m * 6.36cm
= 430cm * 653cm * 6.36cm = 1785824cm^3
If you can find the density of oceanic salt-water, you can get the mass (g) of the water displaced.
Convert to kg and multiply by 9.8 to get the weight.
4.3m * 6.53m * 6.36cm
= 430cm * 653cm * 6.36cm = 1785824cm^3
If you can find the density of oceanic salt-water, you can get the mass (g) of the water displaced.
Convert to kg and multiply by 9.8 to get the weight.