A ship of 8500 tons displacement has a double bottom tank 11 m wide divided longitudinally in half equally, having a free surface of fuel oil density 0.85 t/m3 . If the virtual loss in metacentric height due to slack fuel oil tank is 5 cm. find the length of the tank

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A ship of 8500 tons displacement has a double bottom tank 11 m wide divided longitudinally in half equally, having a free surface of fuel oil density 0.85 t/m3 . If the virtual loss in metacentric height due to slack fuel oil tank is 5 cm. find the length of the tank.

 

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