A barge floats in the Atlantic Ocean (salt water with a density of 1025 kg/m³). If the barge is a box 10.4 m wide by 17 m long by 3.67 m high and has a mass of 28,500 kg when empty. What is the maximum load (mass, in kg) the barge can carry?

A barge floats in the Atlantic Ocean (salt water with a density of 1025 kg/m³). If the barge is a box 10.4 m wide by 17 m long by 3.67 m high and has a mass of 28,500 kg when empty. What is the maximum load (mass, in kg) the barge can carry?

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