An 81-kg person puts on a life jacket, jumps into the water, and floats. The jacket has
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An 81-kg person puts on a life jacket, jumps into the water, and floats. The jacket has a volume of 3.1 × 10-2 m3 and is completely submerged under the water. The volume of the person’s body that is under water is 6.2 × 10-2 m3. What is the density of the life jacket?
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According to Equation 1 the density of the life jacket is J m J V J 1 Since the person wearing the ...View the full answer
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