I dropped my steel keys (8050 kg/m3) into a tank of liquid mercury (13,600 kg/m3). What percentage of the keys' volume will be visible , floating above the mercury surface? a. 100% b. 0% c. 59% d. 41%

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I dropped my steel keys (8050 kg/m3) into a tank of liquid mercury (13,600 kg/m3). What percentage of the keys' volume will be visible , floating above the mercury surface?

a. 100%

b. 0%

c. 59%

d. 41%

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