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A  Incompressible box is completely submerged in a fluid. What volume of fluid is displaced by the box if the fluid is...

a.) ...air?

The density of air is   

________  

b.) ...mercury? The density of mercury is  
________  

c.) ...helium? The density of helium is  
_______  

d.) ...water? The density of water is  
______  

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

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