Physics (10th Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Fluids - Problems - Page 311: 45

Answer

$387\space kg/m^{3}$

Work Step by Step

We can write, Buoyant force = Weight of the person + Weight of the jacket $F_{B}=W_{P}+W_{J}-(1)$ According to the principle of Archimedes, we can write $F_{B}=W_{W}=V_{W}\rho_{w}g$ $W_{J}=V_{W}\rho_{w}g-W_{P}$ ; Let's plug known values into this equation. $W_{J}=[(3.1+6.2)\times10^{-2}m^{3}]1000\space kg/m^{3}g-81\space kg\space g=12\space g\space kg$ mass of the jacket = $\frac{12g\space kg}{g}=12\space kg$ Density of the jacket = $\frac{x12\space kg}{3.1\times10^{-2}m^{3}}=387\space kg/m^{3}$
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