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The figure shows a rectangle wooden block floating in the reservoir with water. The block floats with exactly one-half of its volume below the waterline.

a. What is the buoyant force acting on the block?

b. The density of water is . What is the density of the block?

c. Masses are stacked on top of the block until the top of the block is level with the waterline. This requires of mass. What is the mass of the wooden block?

d. The wooden block is removed from the water bath and placed in an unknown liquid. In this liquid, only one-third of the wooden block is submerged. Is the unknown liquid more or less dense than water?

e. What is the density of the unknown liquid  ?

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
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