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Posted by usha on Monday, August 15, 2011 at 1:02pm.

An empty plastic box of mass 9 kg is found to accelerate up at the rate of g/3 m/sec2 when placed deep inside water. Mass of the sand that should be put inside the box so that it may accelerate down at the rate of g/4 m/sec2 is

physics - bobpursley, Monday, August 15, 2011 at 3:28pm
Lets do this the long way.
In the water, the net force=mass*acceleration (neglecting considerable friction).

but net force=bouyantforce-mg or

bouyant force=mass*g* 1/3 +mg=4/3 mg

this bouyant force does not change. So to go now,
bouyant force-(m+Masssand)g=-1/4 (M+m)

4/3 mg-mg-Mg=-1/4 mg

Mg=mg(.25+1.33)
solve for M

check all this.

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