Question

50% of the volume of a boat, sailing down the Mississippi (where the water density ρ = 1000 kg/m3), lies above the surface of the river. The boat then enters the Gulf of Mex- ico, in which 51% of its volume lies above the surface. What is the density of the seawater in the Gulf of Mexico?

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Answer 1