A raft of wood of density #0.8 * 10^3 kg m^-3# and mass #120kg# floats in water. How much weight should be put on the raft to make it just sink?
1 Answer
Nov 24, 2016
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By condition of floatation we know that the total wt of raft and the weight put on it is equal to the wt of displaced water by the raft.
Taking density of water