Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 14 - Fluids - Problems - Page 409: 44a

Answer

$1.84\ kg$

Work Step by Step

In this case, the wood has a part of its volume in the water, and the lead has none of its volume in the water. Volume of water displaced = 0.900(volume of the wood). $(V_{wood}=\displaystyle \frac{m_{wood}}{\rho_{wood}})$ The combined mass of the lead and wood are floating, so there is no vertical acceleration $\Rightarrow$ resultant net force is zero. Forces acting: weight $F_{g}$ (downward) and buoyant force $F_{b}$(upward), and, their magnitudes are equal: \begin{aligned} F_{g}&=F_{b}\\\\ (m_{wood}+m_{lead})g&=\rho_{water}\cdot(0.900V_{wood})\cdot g\\\\ m_{wood}+m_{lead}&=\displaystyle \rho_{water}\cdot(0.900\cdot\frac{m_{wood}}{\rho_{wood}})\\\\ m_{lead}&=\displaystyle \rho_{water}\cdot(0.900\cdot\frac{m_{wood}}{\rho_{wood}})-m_{wood}\\\\ &=\displaystyle \frac{0.900\cdot(1000\ \frac{kg}{m^{3}})(3.67\ kg}{600\ \frac{kg}{m}}-3.67\ kg\\\\ &=1.84\ kg \end{aligned}
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