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If your body has a density of 995 kg/m3 , what fraction of you will be submerged when floating gently in: (a) Freshwater? (b) Salt water, which has a density of 1027 kg/m3 ?

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QUESTION:

Problem 39PE

If your body has a density of 995 kg/m3 , what fraction of you will be submerged when floating gently in: (a) Freshwater? (b) Salt water, which has a density of 1027 kg/m3 ?

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The human body is having a density of , here we need to calculate the fraction of human body submerged in freshwater with density   and salt water with density .

Given data,

Human body density,

Density of fresh water,

Density of salt water,

To find,

Fraction submersed, (a) In freshwater,

                          (b) In salt water,

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