Question

The volume of a plastic covered sealed
box is 350 cm and the box has a mass
500 g. Will the box float on water or
sink in water? What will be the mass of
water displaced by the box?
(Ans : Sink, 350 g)
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Answer 1

Answer:

answers is it will sink and the mass is 350g

Answer 2

Explanation:

according to Archimedes principle, for an object to float, weight of fluid displaced should be more than the weight of the object.

in the given case, even when the object is fully immersed, the weight of water displaced is 350 gm ( one litre of water weights 1 Kg) where as the weight of the box is 500gm. hence the body will sink