Homework Help: Physics: Buoyancy

Posted by Seth on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 11:40pm.

A crane lifts the 23000 kg steel hull of a ship out of the water. Determine the following.
(a) the tension in the crane's cable when the hull is submerged in the water

Physics: Buoyancy - bobpursley, Monday, January 28, 2013 at 1:14am
bouyancy=MassSteel/density steel * density water

tension=23000kg-bouyancyabove

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