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A swimmer is peacefully floating motionless in a lake. Determine the fraction of the total volume of...

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A swimmer is peacefully floating motionless in a lake. Determinethe fraction of the

total volume of her body which remains visible above the water,given that the density

of her body is 920 kg/m3, and the density of the lake water is1025 kg/m3.

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Archimedes principle says buoyant force acting on an object immersed in water is equal to weight of displaced liquid Assuming the fraction of volume of the body that is dipped in the liquid is fSo if v is the volume of swimmer then    See Answer
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