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Question 2 – A ship has light displacement 2800 tonnes and light KM = 6.7 m. She loads 400 tonnes of cargo (KG = 6 m) and 700 tonnes (KG = 4.5 m). The KG is then found to be 5.3 m. Find the light GM. (C. B. Barrass and D. R. Derrett, 2012)

Question 3 – A ship of 7350 tonnes displacement has KG 5.8 m and GM 0.5 m. Find how much deck cargo must be loaded (KG 9m) if there is to be a metacentric height of not less than 0.38m when loading is completed. (C. B. Barrass and D. R. Derrett, 2012)

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