Physics

Problem

A solid wooden cube of side length

10\,\text{cm}

and density

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

is fully submerged in water and tied to the bottom of a beaker by a light vertical string. Calculate the tension in the string. (Take

g = 10\,\text{m/s}^{2}

, density of water

= 1000\,\text{kg/m}^{3}