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An object has a weight of 0.874 N. It is suspended from a scale,which reads 0.704 N when thepiece is submerged in water. What are the volume and density of thepiece of metal?
Find volume in m3.
Find density in kg/m3.
A solid block is suspended from a spring scale. The reading on thescale when the block is completely immersed in water is 25.7 N, andthe reading when it is completely immersed in a liquid of density854 kg/m3 is 26.5 N.a) What is the block's volume?b)What is the block's density?
A hollow plastic sphere is held below the surface of a freshwater lake by a cord anchored to the bottom of the lake. The sphere has a volume of 0.650 m3 and the tension in the cord is 1120 N. (a) Calculate the buoyant force exerted by the water on the sphere. (b) What is the mass of the sphere? (c) The cord breaks and the sphere rises to the surface. When the sphere comes to rest, what fraction of its volume will be submerged?