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A wooden block with a specific gravity of 0.6 floats in water. What fraction of its volume is submerged?
- 60%
- 40%
- 100%
- 16.7%
Answer
A. 60%
Solution
For a floating body, weight = buoyancy: SGbody V = SGfluid Vsub → Vsub/V = 0.6/1.0 = 60%.
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