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A piece of wood floats in oil density 8oo kg/m^3 with 25% of its volume above the durface of the oil. if the piece of wood is placed in water, it will float in water with

a. 60% of its volume above the water
b. 25% of its volume above the water
c. 40% of its volume above the water
d. 75% of its volume above the water

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3/4 of its volume is submeregd in water.
Weight of oil displaced = 3/4 V d1 g
Suppose n parts of ...

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