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Exercise 6

Density of a floating body

Theory used: Condition for flotation

A homogeneous plastic cylinder floats in water with three quarters of its volume immersed. Compute the density of the plastic and the fraction of the volume that would remain immersed if the cylinder floated in an oil of density .

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