A wooden cylinder floats in water with two-third of its volume inside the water. The density of wood is
Added by Chris L.
Step 1
Since two-thirds of the cylinder's volume is submerged in water, the buoyant force is equal to two-thirds of the weight of the cylinder. Show more…
Show all steps
Your feedback will help us improve your experience
Labs
Want to see this concept in action?
Explore this concept interactively to see how it behaves as you change inputs.
Key Concepts
Recommended Videos
A block of wood floats in fresh water with two-thirds of its volume $V$ submerged and in oil with 0.90$V$ submerged. Find the density of (a) the wood and (b) the oil.
A solid wood ball floats in pure water with exactly half its volume above the water line. What's the wood's density?
A block of wood floats in water with $0.646$ of its volume submerged. In oil it has $0.918$ of its volume submerged. Find the density of $(a)$ the wood and $(b)$ the oil.
Recommended Textbooks
University Physics with Modern Physics
Physics: Principles with Applications
Fundamentals of Physics
Transcript
Watch the video solution with this free unlock.
EMAIL
PASSWORD