Ch 14: Fluids and Elasticity
Chapter 14, Problem 14
In FIGURE CP14.74, a cone of density p₀ and total height l floats in a liquid of density pբ . The height of the cone above the liquid is h. What is the ratio h/l of the exposed height to the total height?
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