Question

A 20.4 kg iron mass rests on the bottom of a pool. (The density of iron is 7.86 ✕ 103 kg/m3 and the density of water is 1.00 ✕ 103 kg/m3.)

(a) What is the volume of the iron (in m³)?

(b)

What buoyant force acts on the iron (in N)? (Enter the magnitude.)

(c)

Find the iron's weight (in N). (Enter the magnitude)

(d)

What is the normal force acting on the iron (in N)? (Enter the magnitude)

Answer 1