A ship weights 127 MN. On filling the ship's boats on one side with water weighing 600 KN with the mean distance of the boats from the center line of the ship being 10m, the angle of displacement of the plumb line is 2°16'. The metacentric height will be nearly (Take sin 2°16' = cos 2°16′ = 0.9992 and tan 2°16' = 0.04)
A ship weights 127 MN. On filling the ship's boats on one side with water weighing 600 KN with the mean distance of the boats from the center line of the ship being 10m, the angle of displacement of the plumb line is 2°16'. The metacentric height will be nearly (Take sin 2°16' = cos 2°16′ = 0.9992 and tan 2°16' = 0.04)
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![A ship weights 127 MN. On filling the ship's
boats on one side with water weighing 600
KN with the mean distance of the boats from
the center line of the ship being 10m, the
angle of displacement of the plumb line is
2°16'. The metacentric height will be nearly
(Take sin 2°16' = cos 2°16' = 0.9992 and tan
2°16' = 0.04)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F34a94220-656a-4953-b298-6b66dd071847%2F22388ccd-3115-4773-badf-f849c1614431%2Fd0smkf_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A ship weights 127 MN. On filling the ship's
boats on one side with water weighing 600
KN with the mean distance of the boats from
the center line of the ship being 10m, the
angle of displacement of the plumb line is
2°16'. The metacentric height will be nearly
(Take sin 2°16' = cos 2°16' = 0.9992 and tan
2°16' = 0.04)
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