Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Density

Density — practice question

Fig. 1.1 depicts a plastic water barrel, and it is completely filled with water.
(a)[3]

There is $0.050\,\text{m}^3$ of pure water in the barrel. Pure water has a density of $1000\,\text{kg m}^{-3}$. Calculate the mass of the pure water in the barrel.

(b)[2]

Sea water has a density of $1030\,\text{kg m}^{-3}$. Plastic has a density of $1000\,\text{kg m}^{-3}$. Use this information together with the information in (a) to state and explain whether the full barrel will float in sea water.

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