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Posted by PJ on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 1:16pm.

An 11.4 kg block of metal is suspended from a scale and immersed in water, as in the figure below. The dimensions of the block are 12.0 cm multiplied by 11.1 cm multiplied by 11.1 cm. The 12.0 cm dimension is vertical, and the top of the block is 5.00 cm below the surface of the water.
(a) What are the forces exerted by the water on the top and bottom of the block? Take P0 = 1.0130 105 N/m2.

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