Question: A large, rectangular container is floating in the ocean with ( 1 / 4 ) of its total volume submerged beneath the surface.

A large, rectangular container is floating in the ocean with \(1/4\) of its total volume submerged beneath the surface. The container has a mass \( m \) and a total volume \( V \). In terms of given variables, what mass of sand would have to be poured inside the container so that it floated with \(3/4\) of its total volume submerged instead? Assume this can be accomplished with a quantity of sand that fits entirely inside the container.
\[
m_{\text {sand }}=\boxed{\frac{1}{2}}
\]
A large, rectangular container is floating in the

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