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14.4 Exercise 10

Avg difficulty 2.5

What is the density of a woman who floats in fresh water with $4.00 \%$ of her volume above the surface? (This could be measured by placing her in a tank with marks on the side to measure how much water she displaces when floating and when held under water.) (b) What percent of her volume is above the surface when she floats in seawater?

OpenStax University Physics Volume 1, 14.4 Archimedes’ Principle and Buoyancy, exercise 10

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