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Textbook Solutions for Physics: Principles with Applications

Chapter 10 Problem 97

Question

A copper (Cu) weight is placed on top of a 0.40-kg block of wood floating in water, as shown in Fig. 1058. What is the mass of the copper if the top of the wood block is exactly at the waters surface?

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Title Physics: Principles with Applications 7 
Author Douglas C. Giancoli
ISBN 9780321625922

A copper (Cu) weight is placed on top of a 0.40-kg block

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