A slab of ice floats on a freshwater lake. What minimum volume must the slab have for a 65.0 kg woman to be able to stand on it without getting her feet wet?

Q: A solid block is attached to a spring scale. When the block is suspended in air, the scale reads…

A: Weight of block in air = 20 N Weight of block in water = 17.3 N

Q: Styrofoam has a density of 300kg/m3. What is the maximum mass that can hang without sinking from a…

A: Given,  Density = 300kg/m^3 Diameter = 60cm We need to calculate value of,  maximum mass that can…

Q: Three children, each of weight 395 N, make a log raft by lashing together logs of diameter 0.42 m…

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Q: A barge is 15.0 m wide and 75.0 m long and has vertical sides. The bottom of the hull is 1.20 m…

A: Given data The width of the barge W=15.0 m The width of the length L=75.0 m The depth of the barge…

Q: A raft is made from 6 Douglas Fir logs (ρ = 530 kg/m3). Each log is 2.44 m long and has a radius of…

A: ρ = 530 kg/m3R = 0.4 mL = 2.44 mVolume of the log = πR2L = 1.226 m3Volume of entire raft V = 6 x…

Q: A candy with a size of a cube has mass m and side length 2a. It floats on top of a chocolate drink.…

A: The objective of the question is to find out how deep the candy is submerged in the drink. This can…

Q: A large, 40.0 kg cubical block of wood with uniform density is floating in a freshwater lake with…

A: (a) The block’s mass is, The free-body diagram of a floating block is shown below. Here, B denotes…

Q: A block of iron quickly sinks in water, but ships constructed of iron float. A solid cube of iron…

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Q: A flat slab of styrofoam, with a density of 32 kg/m3, floats on a lake. What minimum volume must the…

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Q: A small ferry boat is 4.00 m wide and 6.00 m long. When a loaded car pulls onto it, the boat sinks…

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Q: What is the minimum volume of a block of wood (density = 850 kg/m3) if it is to hold a 50-kg woman…

A: According to the question:Vσg=Vρg+mgV=mσ-ρ------(1)

Q: A 2.0cm×2.0cm×9.0cm block floats in water with its long axis vertical. The length of the block above…

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Q: A barrel with a diameter of 0.5m is filled with 200 liters of gasoline (p =750 kg/m3). If it is…

A: The depth of the bottom of the barrel is about 0.76 m.   Here, we use the buoyant force formula and…

Q: Three children, each of weight 356 N, make a log raft by lashing together logs of diameter 0.30 m…

A: The buoyancy created by each log can be determined by the difference between the weight of a log and…

Q: A uniform pencil floats with 8 cm of its length immersed in water. What length is immersed when it…

A: Let lw denote the length of the pencil immersed in water. Let A be the cross-sectional area of the…

Q: A supertanker has a mass of 2.0 × 106 kg and carries oil of mass 4.0 × 106 kg. When empty, 9.0 m of…

A: When supertanker is empty. Let A be the area of the supertanker. Here, h is the height of the…

Q: slab of ice (SG = 0.92) floats on freshwater lake. What minimum volume must the slab has for a 45-kg…

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Q: Styrofoam has a density of 32 kg/m3. What is the maximum mass that can hang without sinking from a…

A: Given: The density of Styrofoam is ρs=32 kg/m3. The diameter of sphere is d=50 cm. The schematic…

Q: A wooden raft has a mass of 50 kg. When empty it floats in water (density 1000 kg/m³) with 69% of…

A: It is given that,the mass of the wooden raft is, m=50 kg.The density of the water is, .The empty…

Q: An ice floe has a rectangular shape with dimensions of 15 x 6 x 0.15 m^3. What is the maximum mass…

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Q: To determine an athlete’s body fat, she is weighed first in air and then again while she’s…

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Q: A flat-bottomed barge, of non-uniform density, loaded with coal, has a mass of 3.0 ×105 kg. The…

A: Given data: Mass (m) = 3.0×105 kg Length (l) = 20.0 m Width (b) = 10.0 m Barge floats in freshwater…

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A: Given:- The radius of the plastic sphere r = 12.0 cm  floats in water with 16% of its volume…

Q: A block of iron quickly sinks in water, but ships constructed of iron float. A solid cube of iron…

A: Basic Details The mass of iron in the solid cube can be determined by taking the product of volume…

Q: A slab of ice floats on a freshwater lake. What minimum volume must the slab have for a 45.0 kgkg…

A: Here the combined Wight of the woman and the ice slab balance by the weight of the water displaced…

Q: A 900 N athlete in very good condition does not float in a freshwater pool. To keep him from sinking…

A: Given that, Weight of athlete = 900 N Upward force = 20 N