A block of pine floats in freshwater with 60 % of its volume submerged

PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Gravitation · Gravitation

Problem

A block of pine floats in freshwater with 60 % of its volume submerged. Describe what this observation reveals about the average density of the pine compared with the density of water.

Related theory

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Buoyancy & Floatation
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