SOLUTION: A ball with the radius of 8.00 cm and a mass of 600 g is thrown into a lake would the ball sink or float

Question 1182162: A ball with the radius of 8.00 cm and a mass of 600 g is thrown into a lake would the ball sink or float
Answer by ikleyn(53763)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Compare the weight of the ball   0.6kg * 10m/s^2 = 6 N (newtons)

with the weight of water in the volume of      cubic meters.

Use the density of water 1000 kg per cubic meter.

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The basic principle is the Archimedes law of floating.

See and learn from these web-sites

https://physics.weber.edu/carroll/archimedes/principle.htm#:~:text=If%20the%20weight%20of%20the,the%20weight%20of%20the%20object.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_principle

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