Essential University Physics: Volume 1 (4th Edition)

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Chapter 15 - Section 15.3 - Archimedes’ Principle and Buoyancy - Got It? - Page 280: 15.3

Answer

a)

Work Step by Step

It will float with less than half of it out of the water. After all, to float with more than half of it out of water, its density would have to be less than half of that of water, and to sink, its density would have to be more than that of water.
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