Balsa wood with an average density of 130 kg/m3 is floating in pure water. What percentage of the wood is submerged

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Question 16 Balsa wood with an average density of 130 kg/m3 is floating in pure water. What percentage of the wood is submerged?
16) Balsa wood with an average density of
130 kg/m³ is floating in pure water. What
percentage of the wood is submerged?
a) 87%
b) 13%
d) 25%
e) 5%
c) 50%
Transcribed Image Text:16) Balsa wood with an average density of 130 kg/m³ is floating in pure water. What percentage of the wood is submerged? a) 87% b) 13% d) 25% e) 5% c) 50%
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Given: Density of wood ρwood=130 kg/m3, Density of pure water ρwater=1000 kg/m3.

Required: Percentage of the wood submerged.

Percentage of an object submerged in a fluid is given by the ratio of the density of the object to the density of fluid.

Percentage=ρwoodρwater.

 

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