Physics (10th Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Fluids - Problems - Page 311: 43

Answer

$250\space kg/m^{3}$

Work Step by Step

Here we use the principle of Archimedes' to find the average density of the duck. $W_{water}=W_{duck}$ $\rho_{w}V_{w}g=\rho_{d}V_{d}g$ $\rho_{w}\frac{V_{d}}{4}g=\rho_{d}V_{d}g$ $\rho_{d}=\frac{\rho_{w}}{4}$ ; Let's plug known values into this equation. $\rho_{d}=\frac{1000\space kg/m^{3}}{4}=250\space kg/m^{3}$ Average density of the duck $=250\space kg/m^{3}$
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