A cylindrical caisson having an outside diameter of 9 m floats in sea water with its axis vertical and its lower end submerged 9 m, below the water surface. If its center of gravity is on the vertical axis and is 3.6 m above the bottom. a. Determine the value of ??? b. Find the true metacentric height. c. Find the righting couple when the caisson is tipped through an angle of 8°

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11 A cylindrical caisson having an outside diameter of 9 m floats in sea water with its axis vertical and its lower end submerged 9 m, below the water surface. If its center of gravity is on the vertical axis and is 3.6 m above the bottom. a. Determine the value of ??? b. Find the true metacentric height. c. Find the righting couple when the caisson is tipped through an angle of 8°
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