Yeeaaah, buoy! A 4.80 [kg] iron block is suspended vertically by a light string that is connected to a spring scale as shown. The block is immersed partially in seawater (Pseawater = 1.03 x 10³ [kg/m³]). When 74.0% of its volume is above the seawater's surface, the spring scale reading is 35.0 [N]. What is the density of the block? Assume that the buoyant force exerted by air is negligible. liquid O 2.97 x 10³ [kg/m³] ○ 4.01 x 10³ [kg/m³] ○ 1.04 x 10³ [kg/m³] O 1.53 x 10² [kg/m³]

Yeeaaah, buoy! A 4.80 [kg] iron block is suspended vertically by a light string that is connected to a spring scale as shown. The block is immersed partially in seawater (Pseawater = 1.03 x 10³ [kg/m³]). When 74.0% of its volume is above the seawater's surface, the spring scale reading is 35.0 [N]. What is the density of the block? Assume that the buoyant force exerted by air is negligible. liquid O 2.97 x 10³ [kg/m³] ○ 4.01 x 10³ [kg/m³] ○ 1.04 x 10³ [kg/m³] O 1.53 x 10² [kg/m³]

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Chapter15: Fluid Mechanics

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