A rectangular piece of wood 30 cm square and 5 cm  thick floats in water to a depth of 3.25 cm. How  heavy an object must be placed on the wood (sp. gr.  0.50) in such a way that it will just be submerged?

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A rectangular piece of wood 30 cm square and 5 cm 
thick floats in water to a depth of 3.25 cm. How 
heavy an object must be placed on the wood (sp. gr. 
0.50) in such a way that it will just be submerged?

 

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