A piece of wood of uniform cross section and height 15 cm floats vertically with it's height 10 cm in water and 12 cm in spirit. Find the density of (i) wood and (ii) spirit.
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A piece of wood of uniform cross section and height 15 cm floats vertically with it's height 10 cm in water and 12 cm in spirit. Find the density of (i) wood and (ii) spirit.

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Given, Height of the wood = 15 cm Height of the wood in water = 10 cm Height of the wood in spirit = 12 cm As the block of wood is of uniform cross-sectional area, the height of the block is proportional to the volume By the principle of floatation, In the case of spirit, substituting the values in the formula above, we get,

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A piece of wood of uniform cross section and height 15 cm floats vertically with it's height 10 cm in water and 12 cm in spirit. Find the density of (i) wood and (ii) spirit.

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