The diagram below shows a stationary cube suspended in seawater by a cable. What is the tension in the cable in Newtons? Quote your answer to two significant figures. The cube has side length L=0.600 m and its mass is 255 kg. The seawater has a density of 1025 kg/m³.

The diagram below shows a stationary cube suspended in seawater by a cable. What is the tension in the cable in Newtons? Quote your answer to two significant figures. The cube has side length L=0.600 m and its mass is 255 kg. The seawater has a density of 1025 kg/m³.

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The diagram below shows a stationary cube suspended in seawater by a cable. What is the tension
in the cable in Newtons? Quote your answer to two significant figures.
The cube has side length
L = 0.600 m and its mass is 255 kg.
The seawater has a density of
1025 kg/m³.

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