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A piece of wood having weight 5 kg floats in water with 60% of its volume under the liquid. The specific gravity of wood is

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Neeraj Dogra
Neeraj Dogra 5 years ago
Vdisp = 0.6 × V

Now

V × ρ × g = 0.6V × ρw × g

ρ = 0.6 × ρw

ρ/ρw = specific gravity = 0.6
Abeer Mehta
Abeer Mehta 5 years ago
We know,
S.G=Vsubmersed/Vactual
=60%/100%
=0.6
So,specific gravity of the object is 0.6.
Rajendra Kumar
Rajendra Kumar 6 years ago
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