3. In the illustration above yousee a tugboat in sea watertowing gravel in a barge that isapproximately rectangular inshape is 4 m wide and 10 mlong. When loaded, it sinks 2 min the water. a) Draw a sketch ofthe rectangular barge illustratingthe volume beneath thewaterline. b) Determine theweight of the gravel and bargerecalling that Archimedesprinciple states that weight of animmersed object is equal to theweight of the volume of waterdisplaced. The weight density ofseawater to be 10,094 N/m^3.Your answer

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