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An object of average density ? floats at the surface of a
Chapter 12, Problem 29E(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 29E
An object of average density ρ floats at the surface of a fluid of density ρfluid. (a) How must the two densities be related? (b) In view of the answer to part (a), how can steel ships float in water? (c) In terms of ρ and ρfluid. What fraction of the object is submerged and what fraction is above the fluid? Check that your answers give the correct limiting behavior as ρ → ρfluid and as ρ → 0. (d) While on board your yacht, your cousin Throckmorton cuts a rectangular piece (dimensions 5.0 × 4.0 × 3.0 cm) out of a life preserver and throws it into the ocean. The piece has a mass of 42 g. As it floats in the ocean, what percentage of its volume is above the surface?
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Problem 29E
An object of average density ρ floats at the surface of a fluid of density ρfluid. (a) How must the two densities be related? (b) In view of the answer to part (a), how can steel ships float in water? (c) In terms of ρ and ρfluid. What fraction of the object is submerged and what fraction is above the fluid? Check that your answers give the correct limiting behavior as ρ → ρfluid and as ρ → 0. (d) While on board your yacht, your cousin Throckmorton cuts a rectangular piece (dimensions 5.0 × 4.0 × 3.0 cm) out of a life preserver and throws it into the ocean. The piece has a mass of 42 g. As it floats in the ocean, what percentage of its volume is above the surface?
ANSWER:Solution 29E
Step 1
(a) If the object is floating, the density of the object must be smaller than the density of the fluid. Hence the relation si