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A block of volume 3 x 105m3 and density 2.5 x 103 kg m-3 is suspended from a spring balance with \(\frac{2}{3}\) of its volume immersed in a liquid of density 900 kg m-3. Determine the reading of the spring balance [g = 10ms-2]
A
0.18N
B
0.57N
C
0.75n
D
0.93N
correct option: b
Volume immersed solid = 3 x 105 x \(\frac{2}{3}\)

= 2 x 105m3

Mass of liquid displaced = ev

= 2 x 105 x 900 = 18 x 107 kg

Upthrust = 18 x 107 x 10

= 7.8 x 109N

Mass of solid = ev

= 2.5 x 103 x 105

= 7.5 x 108

Weight of solid = 7.5 x 108 x10 = 7.8 x 109

Reading = 0.75 - 0.18 = 0.57N
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