Question: Example 2 . A wooden barge of rectangular cross - section is 8 m wide, 4 m high and 1 6 m long It is

Example 2. A wooden barge of rectangular cross-section is 8 m wide, 4 m high and 16 m long It is transporting in sea water (sp.gr.1.025) a total load M =75000Kg including its own eight and cargo. If a weight 3750 kg (included in the 75000 kg above) is shifted a horizontal distance of 2 m to one side, it will cause the barge to go down by y=0.45 m in the wedge of immersion and also 0.45 m in the corresponding wedge of emersion. The barge floats vertically before shiftingof the wedge. compute how far above the water line is the center of gravity of the loaded barge.

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