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A wooden block floats in water with two-third of its volume submerged.

(a) Calculate the density of wood.
(b) When the same block is placed on oil, three-quarter of its volume is immersed in oil. Calculate the density of oil.

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Solution

Let D be the density of wood

Density of wood / Density of Water = Part of block submerged / Total Part

D over 1 equals fraction numerator begin display style fraction numerator 2 V over denominator 3 end fraction end style over denominator V end fraction

D over 1 equals 2 over 3 D equals 2 over 3


= 0.67 g/cm3

b)Again ,
fraction numerator begin display style fraction numerator 3 V over denominator 4 end fraction end style over denominator V end fraction equals fraction numerator 0.67 over denominator D end fraction 3 over 4 equals fraction numerator 0.67 over denominator D end fraction
D = 0.89 g/cm3


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