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Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 1]
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Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 1]
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Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 1] · Physics · Fluid Mechanics

A cubical block of wood weighing 200 g has a lead piece fastened...

A cubical block of wood weighing 200 g200 \text{ g} has a lead piece fastened underneath. Determine the mass of the lead piece required to just allow the block to float in water. The specific gravity of wood is 0.80.8 and that of lead is 11.311.3.

Options

  1. A54.8 g54.8 \text{ g}
  2. B62.5 g62.5 \text{ g}
  3. C50.0 g50.0 \text{ g}
  4. D45.6 g45.6 \text{ g}

Correct answer

A. 54.8 g54.8 \text{ g}

Step-by-step solution

Let the mass of the lead piece be mm.

Volume of the wooden block, Vw=2000.8=250 cm3V_w = \dfrac{200}{0.8} = 250 \text{ cm}^3

Volume of the lead piece, Vl=m11.3 cm3V_l = \dfrac{m}{11.3} \text{ cm}^3

For the block to just float in water, the entire system (wood and lead) must be completely submerged. By the principle of flotation, the total mass of the system equals the mass of the displaced water.

200+m=(Vw+Vl)×ρwater200 + m = \left(V_w + V_l\right) \times \rho_{\text{water}}

Substituting the values, with ρwater=1 g/cm3\rho_{\text{water}} = 1 \text{ g/cm}^3:

200+m=(250+m11.3)×1200 + m = \left(250 + \dfrac{m}{11.3}\right) \times 1

m−m11.3=250−200m - \dfrac{m}{11.3} = 250 - 200

m(11.3−111.3)=50m \left(\dfrac{11.3 - 1}{11.3}\right) = 50

m(10.311.3)=50m \left(\dfrac{10.3}{11.3}\right) = 50

m=50×11.310.3=56510.3≈54.8 gm = \dfrac{50 \times 11.3}{10.3} = \dfrac{565}{10.3} \approx 54.8 \text{ g}
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