Question: A simple compass can be made by attaching a small bar magnet to the top of a cork floating in water. What fraction of a

A simple compass can be made by attaching a small bar magnet to the top of a cork floating in water. What fraction of a plain cork will be submerged when floating in water, assuming the density of cork is 0.24 x 10^3 kg/m^3.
If the cork has a mass of 11.3 g and a 20.5 g magnet, made of iron with a density of 7.80 g/cm^3, is placed on it, what fraction of the cork will be submerged? Assume that only the cork is submerged - the magnet is out of the water.

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