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To Find: The fraction of a piece of aluminum that is submerged during the floating in mercury.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The Density of aluminum,
The Density of mercury,
Formula used:
The fraction of the submerged object is given as:
Where,
Solution:
Now, putting the values in the above formula, then the result will be
Or, the percentage is
Conclusion:
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