A barge pulled by a tugboat can be described as a rect- angular box that is open on the top. A certain barge is 30.2 feet wide and 12.50 feet high, with the base of each side being 116 feet long. If the barge itself weighs 6.58 x 10 pounds, what will be the draft (depth in the water) if the cargo weighs 1.12 × 10° pounds in (a) sea- water with a density of 1.025 g/mL and (b) freshwater with a density of 0.997 g/mL?

A barge pulled by a tugboat can be described as a rect- angular box that is open on the top. A certain barge is 30.2 feet wide and 12.50 feet high, with the base of each side being 116 feet long. If the barge itself weighs 6.58 x 10 pounds, what will be the draft (depth in the water) if the cargo weighs 1.12 × 10° pounds in (a) sea- water with a density of 1.025 g/mL and (b) freshwater with a density of 0.997 g/mL?

International Edition---engineering Mechanics: Statics, 4th Edition

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Chapter8: Centroids And Distributed Loads

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