A block of wood 0.25 m thick is floating in sea water. The Specific Gravity (SGw) of Wood is 0.35 while that of sea water (SGs) is 1.02. Summarize your answer like the format below and Find the minimum AREA of a block that will support a man weighing 80 kg. (Clue: 0,00 M^2) 大。 Wman = 80 kg Wwoco BF
A block of wood 0.25 m thick is floating in sea water. The Specific Gravity (SGw) of Wood is 0.35 while that of sea water (SGs) is 1.02. Summarize your answer like the format below and Find the minimum AREA of a block that will support a man weighing 80 kg. (Clue: 0,00 M^2) 大。 Wman = 80 kg Wwoco BF
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Transcribed Image Text:A block of wood 0.25 m thick is floating
in sea water. The Specific Gravity (SGw)
of Wood is 0.35 while that of sea water
(SGs) is 1.02. Summarize your answer
like the format below and Find the
minimum AREA of a block that will
support a man weighing 80 kg. (Clue:
- m^2)
大,
Wman = 80 kg
Wwooo
BF
Weight of the man
Unit weight of the wood
N
m
Unit weight of sea water
Equation of Volume of Wood
Block
N
m
Area of the block
m?
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