Question

A block of wood has specific gravity 0.80. When placed in water, what percent of the volume of the wood is above the surface?

Answer 1

the percentage of the volume of the wood is 80% above the surface

Answer 2

The answer is as follows:

Explanation:

The percentage of the volume of the wood above the surface is 20%.

The specific gravity of a block of wood is 0.80.

• Specific gravity, often known as relative density, is the ratio of a material's density to that of a reference substance.

• The upward force exerted by a fluid on a submerged object in a gravity field is known as buoyancy.
• Because pressure increases with depth in fluids, the pressure imposed on an object's bottom surface is greate
• r than the pressure exerted on its top surface when it is immersed in a fluid.