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A block of wood floats in fresh water with 0.804 of its volume V submerged and in oil with 0.887 V submerged. Find the density of (a) the wood and (b) the oil.

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
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ISBN: 9780321625922

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