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The document contains 3 physics problems involving calculating buoyancy force and displaced water volume. The first problem calculates the mass of a wood block using its dimensions and submerged height. The second finds the buoyancy force on a partially submerged basketball using its radius and volume. The third determines the additional water volume displaced when two people weighing 690N each board a boat originally floating with one-third submerged.

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The document contains 3 physics problems involving calculating buoyancy force and displaced water volume. The first problem calculates the mass of a wood block using its dimensions and submerged height. The second finds the buoyancy force on a partially submerged basketball using its radius and volume. The third determines the additional water volume displaced when two people weighing 690N each board a boat originally floating with one-third submerged.

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1. A block of wood with the dimensions 0.12 by 0.34 by 0.

43 cubic meters floats along a river with the


broadest face facing down. The wood is submerged to a height of 0.053 meters. What is the mass of the piece of
wood?

75 kg

Archimedes’ principle tells you that the weight of the water displaced is equal to the buoyancy force:

To keep the wood afloat, the buoyancy force must have the same magnitude as the force of gravity on the block, so

The volume of water displaced is

So the mass of water displaced is

Thus, the mass of the piece of wood is 7.75 kilograms.

2. You plunge a basketball beneath the surface of a swimming pool until half the volume of the basketball is
submerged. If the basketball has a radius of 12 centimeters, what is the buoyancy force on the ball due to the
water?

35 N

The buoyancy force is the mass of the water displaced multiplied by the acceleration due to gravity:

The volume of water displaced is half the volume of the basketball:

Here, r = 12 cm. In meters, the radius is


Using the equation for density, the mass of water displaced is

The buoyancy force is

3. A 4,000-kilogram boat floats with one-third of its volume submerged. If two more people get into the boat,
each of whom weighs 690 newton, what additional volume of water is displaced?

0.14 m3

The weight of the additional water displaced is equal to the combined weight of the two extra people who got into the
boat:

The mass of the water displaced is then

Solve the equation for density for the volume of water displaced and use this result for the mass of water displaced to find
the answer:

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