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Grade 9General Physics

If a body floats with (m/n)th of it's volume above the surface of water, then the relative density of the material of the body is

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7 Years agoGrade 9
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7 Years ago
The density of the body floating on water, relative to the density of water, (aka Specific Gravity) will be equal to [(n - m) / n].