A flat bottomed barge, loaded with coal, has a mass of 210000kg. The barge is 20.0 m long and 10 m wide. It floats in fresh water. What is the depth of the barge below the waterline? (Take the density of fresh water as 1002 kg/m3 and the acceleration due gravity as 9.8 m/s2 ). Hint: Sketch yourself a diagram showing the forces acting on the coal-barge system.

A flat bottomed barge, loaded with coal, has a mass of 210000kg. The barge is 20.0 m long and 10 m wide. It floats in fresh water. What is the depth of the barge below the waterline? (Take the density of fresh water as 1002 kg/m3 and the acceleration due gravity as 9.8 m/s2 ). Hint: Sketch yourself a diagram showing the forces acting on the coal-barge system.

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