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PhysicsFluidArchimedes principleHard2 minPYQ_2011

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A body floats in water with $40%$ of its volume outside water. When the same body floats in an oil, $60%$ of its volume remains outside oil. The relative density of oil is

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Hints: $V σ g = 0.6 V σ_{1} g$ ....(1) $V σ g = 0.4 V σ_{2} g$ ....(2) $V σ g = 0.4 V σ_{2} g$ Dividing (1) and (2) $1 = \frac{6}{4} \frac{σ _{1}}{σ _{2}} ∴ \frac{σ _{2}}{σ _{1}} = \frac{3}{2}$

Stream:WBJEESubject:PhysicsTopic:FluidSubtopic:Archimedes principle

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