Question

The volume of a plastic covered sealed box is 350 cm³ 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???
PLZ EXPLAIN STEP BY STEP...............

Answer 1

A) The box will sink as the density of the box is greater than the density of water ,i.e. 1.4 g/cm³ > 1g/cm³
B) According to the Archimedes principle, the mass of the water displaced will be same as the mass of the object which is displacing the water.