A body P, when dropped into a jar containing kerosene and glycerine, sinks below the kerosene level to float in glycerine exactly as shown in the figure. What can we say about the densities of kerosene, glycerine and P?
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Answer:
we can say that that in an increasing order, the body is less dense than the glycerine, and the glycerine is less dense than the kerosene.
Explanation:
If the body sinks below the kerosene level to float in glycerine, then it means that the kerosene is denser than glycerine. This is because bodies will float higher in a denser fluid that a less denser fluid. Also, since the body floats in kerosene and glycerine, then the body is less dense than the kerosene and the glycerine. Finally, we can say that that in an increasing order that the body is less dense than the glycerine, and the glycerine is less dense than the kerosene
Answer:
density of P> density of glycerine > density of kerosene
Explanation:
The least dense substance is kerosene, then comes the P and finally the most dense among these which is glycerin.
Since in glycerin the body P floated because the density of glycerin overtakes that of body P, and since kerosene is "floating" or rather glycerin and body P is sinking with kerosene we can conclude that kerosene is less denser than the other two.