Essential University Physics: Volume 1 (4th Edition)

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Chapter 15 - Exercises and Problems - Page 290: 33

Answer

Mass of ice = 122,000 T, Mass of rock = 16000 T

Work Step by Step

Please see the attached image first. We can write, The iceberg's weight is $W_{iceb}=m_{iceb}g=\rho_{iceb}V_{iceb}g$ The weight of the displaced water is $W_{water}=m_{water}g=\rho_{water}V_{sub}g$ By Archimedes' principle, $W_{water}$ is equal in magnitude to the buoyancy force, which balances gravity when the iceberg is in equilibrium. So, $\rho_{water}V_{sub}g=\rho_{iceb}V_{iceb}g$ $\rho_{water}\frac{V_{sub}}{V_{iceb}}=\rho_{iceb}$ ; Let's plug known values into this equation. $1043\space kg/m^{3}\times\frac{95.5}{100}=\rho_{iceb}$ $996\space kg/m^{3}=\rho_{iceb}$ We know, $\rho=\frac{m}{V}\rightarrow V=\frac{m}{\rho}$ $\rho_{iceb}=\frac{138\times10^{6}kg}{V_{iceb}}=>V_{iceb}=\frac{138\times10^{6}kg}{996\space kg/m^{3}}=138554.2\space m^{3}$ We can write, $V_{iceb}=V_{ice}+V_{rock}$ $138554.2\space m^{3}=\frac{m_{ice}}{917kg/m^{3}}+\frac{m_{rock}}{2750kg/m^{3}}$ $138554.2\times917\times2750\space kg=2750m_{ice}+917m_{rock}$ $3.49\times10^{11}kg=2750m_{ice}+917m_{rock}-(1)$ Also, we can write, $138\times10^{6}kg=m_{ice}+m_{rock}-(2)$ (1)=>(2), $138\times10^{6}kg=\frac{(3.5\times10^{11}-917m_{rock})}{2750}+m_{rock}$ $138\times10^{6}\times2750kg=3.5\times10^{11}+1833m_{rock}$ $16\times10^{6}kg=m_{rock}$ $16000\space T=m_{rock}$ $m_{ice}=138000\space T-16000\space T=122000\space T$
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