Determine the height of the parallelepiped in the water.

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A rectangular parallelepiped with a square base 

d = 0.260 m

 on a side and a height 

h = 0.120 m

 has a mass 

m = 6.60 kg.

 While this object is floating in water, oil with a mass density 

?o = 710 kg/m3

 is carefully poured on top of the water until the situation looks like that shown in the figure. Determine the height of the parallelepiped in the water.

oil
ho
h
hw
water
Transcribed Image Text:oil ho h hw water
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