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Oil having a density of 930 kg/m3 floats on water. A rectangular block of wood 4.00 cm high and with a densityof 960 kg/m3 floats partlyin the oil and partly in the water. The oil completely covers the book. How far below the interface between the two liquids is the bottom of the block? 

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922

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