A wooden block floats with half of its volume submerged in water

PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Gravitation · Gravitation

Problem

A wooden block floats with half of its volume submerged in water. If the same block is placed in kerosene (density less than that of water), will the fraction of the block immersed be more than, less than, or equal to one-half? Give a brief reason.

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