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A piece of metal of specific gravity 7 floats in mercury of specific gravity 13.6. What fraction of its volume is under mercury?

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Krutagya Damahe
Krutagya Damahe 6 years ago
fraction of volume under mercury = specific gravity of metal/spec.grav of mercury
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