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A large piece of cork weighs 0.250 N in air. When held submerged underwater by a...

A large piece of cork weighs 0.250 N in air. When held submerged underwater by a spring scale as shown in The figure shows that the spring scale reads 0.738 N. Find the density of the cork.
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