Question: A barge is in a rectangular lock on a freshwater river. The lock has length 6 5 . 0 mm long and 1 8 .

A barge is in a rectangular lock on a freshwater river. The lock has length 65.0 mm long and 18.0 mm wide, and the steel doors on each end are closed. With the barge floating in the lock, a 2.001066 NN load of scrap metal is put onto the barge. The metal has density 7600 kg/m3kg/m3.
The scrap metal is now pushed overboard into the water. Does the water level in the lock rise, fall, or remain the same?
risesfallsremains the same

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