A fish maintains its depth in fresh water by adjusting the air content of porous bone or air sacs to make its average density the same as that of the water. Suppose that with its air sacs collapsed, a fish has a density of 1.08 g/cm3. To what fraction of its expanded body volume must the fish inflate the air sacs to reduce its density to that of water?
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SSM Two identical cylindrical vessels with their bases at the same level each contain a liquid of density 1.30 X 103 kg/m3. The area of each base is 4.00 cm2, but in one vessel the liquid height is 0.854 m and in the other it is 1.560 m. Find the work done by the gravitational force in equalizing the levels when the two vessels are connected.
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