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20 Jan 2022
Given information
Buoyant force acting on ship:-
Weight of the ship:-
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
According to the pictures below, if the centre of buoyancy (the place where the buoyancy force works) of the entire ship is higher than the centre of gravity (the point where gravity acts), then when the ship tilts, the net torque about the centre of mass will tend to lessen the tilt.
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