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A solid cylinder of diameter 3.4 m has a height of 2.6 m. Find the distance...

A solid cylinder of diameter 3.4 m has a height of 2.6 m. Find the distance from the center of buoyancy to the metacenter (in m) of the cylinder when it is floating in water with its axis vertical. The specific gravity of the cylinder is 0.5.

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