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Lurking alligators. An alligator waits for prey by floating with only the top of its head exposed, so th way it can adjust the extent of sinking is by controlling the size of its lungs. Another way may be by that then reside in the stomach. The figure shows a highly simplified model (a "rhombohedron gat its head partially exposed.The top head surface has area 0.180 m². If the alligator were to swallow

Lurking alligators. An alligator waits for prey by floating with only the top of its head exposed, so th way it can adjust the extent of sinking is by controlling the size of its lungs. Another way may be by that then reside in the stomach. The figure shows a highly simplified model (a "rhombohedron gat its head partially exposed.The top head surface has area 0.180 m². If the alligator were to swallow

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Lurking alligators. An alligator waits for prey by floating with only the top of its head exposed, so that the prey cannot easily see it. One way it can adjust the extent of sinking is by controlling the size of its lungs. Another way may be by swallowing stones (gastrolithes) that then reside in the stomach. The figure shows a highly simplified model (a "rhombohedron gater") of mass 125 kg that roams with its head partially exposed.The top head surface has area 0.180 m2. If the alligator were to swallow stones with a total mass of 1.8% of its body mass (a typical amount), how far (in mm) would it sink? Number i Units
Transcribed Image Text:Lurking alligators. An alligator waits for prey by floating with only the top of its head exposed, so that the prey cannot easily see it. One way it can adjust the extent of sinking is by controlling the size of its lungs. Another way may be by swallowing stones (gastrolithes) that then reside in the stomach. The figure shows a highly simplified model (a "rhombohedron gater") of mass 125 kg that roams with its head partially exposed.The top head surface has area 0.180 m2. If the alligator were to swallow stones with a total mass of 1.8% of its body mass (a typical amount), how far (in mm) would it sink? Number i Units
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