A boat floating in fresh water displaces water weighing 35.6kN. (a) What is the weight of the
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A boat floating in fresh water displaces water weighing 35.6kN.
(a) What is the weight of the water this boat displaces when floating in salt water of density 1.10 x 103 kg/m3?
(b) What is the difference between the volume of fresh water displaced and the volume of salt water displaced?
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Fundamentals of Physics
ISBN: 978-0471758013
8th Extended edition
Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick
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