In seawater, a life preserver with a volume of 0.0400 m 3 will support a 75.0-kg person

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In seawater, a life preserver with a volume of 0.0400 m3 will support a 75.0-kg person (average density 980 kg/m3), with 20% of the person’s volume above the water surface when the life preserver is fully submerged. What is the density of the material composing the life preserver?

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University Physics with Modern Physics

ISBN: 978-0133977981

14th edition

Authors: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman

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