A piece of wood is completely immersed in water. It is held in place by a thread that is tied to the bottom of the wooden block and connected to the bottom of the container as shown in the figure. Determine the tension T in the thread if the density of the homogeneous wooden block is ρwood =760 kg /m3, and its volume is V wood =8 ×10−6 m3. Take g = 9.81 m/s2 and ρwater =1000 kg /m3.
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The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.
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A piece of wood is completely immersed in water. It is held in place by a thread
that is tied to the bottom of the wooden block and connected to the bottom of the
container as shown in the figure. Determine the tension T in the thread if the
density of the homogeneous wooden block is ρwood =760 kg /m3, and its volume is
V wood =8 ×10−6 m3. Take g = 9.81 m/s2 and ρwater =1000 kg /m3.
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