Physics

Problem

A wooden block of density

600\,\text{kg m}^{-3}

has dimensions

25\,\text{cm} \times 15\,\text{cm} \times 10\,\text{cm}

. The block floats on water of density

1000\,\text{kg m}^{-3}

. (i) What volume of the block remains below the water surface? (ii) Calculate the buoyant force acting on the block. Take

g = 9.8\,\text{m s}^{-2}

. a. (i) Volume of block submerged b. (ii) Buoyant force on the block