Consider a large cubic ice block floating in seawater. The specific gravities of ice and seawater are 0.92 and 1.025, respectively. If a 15-cm-high portion of the ice block extends above the surface of the water, determine the height of the ice block below of the surface. Sea Ice block W Fa
Consider a large cubic ice block floating in seawater. The specific gravities of ice and seawater are 0.92 and 1.025, respectively. If a 15-cm-high portion of the ice block extends above the surface of the water, determine the height of the ice block below of the surface. Sea Ice block W Fa
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Transcribed Image Text:Consider a large cubic ice block floating in seawater. The
specific gravities of ice and seawater are 0.92 and 1.025,
respectively. If a 15-cm-high portion of the ice block extends
above the surface of the water, determine the height of the
ice block below of the surface.
Sea
Ice block
W
FB
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Given,
SGice = 0.92
SGsw = 1.025
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