A ball with a mass of 2000 g is floating on the surface of a pool of water. What is the minimum volume that the ball could have without sinking below the surface of the water? (Note that water has a density of 1.00 g/cm³.) A. 2 cm³ B. 1000 cm³ C. 2000 cm³ D. 9.8 cm³

A ball with a mass of 2000 g is floating on the surface of a pool of water. What is the minimum volume that the ball could have without sinking below the surface of the water? (Note that water has a density of 1.00 g/cm³.) A. 2 cm³ B. 1000 cm³ C. 2000 cm³ D. 9.8 cm³

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A ball with a mass of 2000 g is floating on the surface of a pool of water.
What is the minimum volume that the ball could have without sinking below
the surface of the water? (Note that water has a density of 1.00 g/cm³.)
A. 2 cm³
B. 1000 cm³
C. 2000 cm³
D. 9.8 cm³
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