A cube of wood having an edgedimension of 1.5 m and a density of 650kg/m3 floats on water. Find;1. the volume of the cube,2. the volume of the fluid displacedby the cube,3. the distance from the horizontaltop surface of the cube to thewater level

Given Side of cube a=1.5m Density of cube ρ=650kg/m3 We now that Density of water ρw=1000kg/m3

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