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A block of wood weighing 2.0 N is held under water by a string attached to the bottom of a container. The tension in the string is 0.5 N

A block of wood weighing 2.0 N is held under water by a string attached to the bottom of a container. The tension in the string is 0.5 N. Determine the density of the wood.

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John
Up thrust = tension, T + weight

= 2.0 + 0.5 = 2.5 N - weight of water displaced

Mass of water = $\frac{2.5}{10}$ = 0.25 kg

Volume of water displaced = volume of wood

= $\frac{mass}{density}$ = $\frac{0.25}{1000}$ = 0.00025 m3

Density of wood = $\frac{0.2}{0.00025}$

= 800kg/m3
johnmulu answered the question on February 18, 2017 at 09:49

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