A block of wood has a density of

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Problem

A block of wood has a density of 600 kg m−3600\,\text{kg m}^{-3}. It floats in water of density 1000 kg m−31000\,\text{kg m}^{-3}. What fraction of the volume of the block will be above the water surface? (a) 0.250.25 (b) 0.600.60 (c) 0.400.40 (d) 0.670.67

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