a hollow cone of height h and density p floats in water of density p' with its vertex inside water.The height of cone that lies in water
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Lokesh Verma
·2009-04-11 03:30:41
weight of water displaced will be the wieght of the cone
1/3Ï€r2hÏg=1/3Ï€r'2h'Ï'g
r2hÏ=r'2h'Ï'
now also see that
r=h tan α
and
r'=h' tan α
h3Ï=h'3Ï'
so h' = h(Ï/Ï')1/3