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[SOLVED] Fluid displacement
This has been bugging me. Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks.
A 355 mL soda can is 6.2 cm in diameter and has a mass of 20 g. Such a soda can half full of water is floating upright in water. What length of the can is above the water level?
The answer is 5.22 cm but I can't reach that answer.
Bouyant force = density(given by rho) * g * volume displaced
Density of water = 1000 kg/ cubic meter
mass of water inside the can: 355/2 mL * 1kg/L = 0.1775 kg
mass of water inside the can plus the can itself = 0.1975
From the bouyant force equation, mg = rho * g * volume displaced
m = rho * volume displaced
volume displaced = m/rho = .1975 kg /(1000 kg/(M^3)) = 0.0001975 M^3
The area of the can's top is (3.1 cm)^2 * pi = 30.19 cm^2 = 0.003019 M^2
volume = area * x where x is the depth to which the can has sunk into the water. Which I reason should also be the height of the part sticking out of the water since the can is half full.
0.0001975 M^3 = 0.003019 M^2 * x
x = 0.0654 M = 6.54 cm
This has been bugging me. Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks.
Homework Statement
A 355 mL soda can is 6.2 cm in diameter and has a mass of 20 g. Such a soda can half full of water is floating upright in water. What length of the can is above the water level?
The answer is 5.22 cm but I can't reach that answer.
Homework Equations
Bouyant force = density(given by rho) * g * volume displaced
Density of water = 1000 kg/ cubic meter
The Attempt at a Solution
mass of water inside the can: 355/2 mL * 1kg/L = 0.1775 kg
mass of water inside the can plus the can itself = 0.1975
From the bouyant force equation, mg = rho * g * volume displaced
m = rho * volume displaced
volume displaced = m/rho = .1975 kg /(1000 kg/(M^3)) = 0.0001975 M^3
The area of the can's top is (3.1 cm)^2 * pi = 30.19 cm^2 = 0.003019 M^2
volume = area * x where x is the depth to which the can has sunk into the water. Which I reason should also be the height of the part sticking out of the water since the can is half full.
0.0001975 M^3 = 0.003019 M^2 * x
x = 0.0654 M = 6.54 cm
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