Class 11PhysicsMechanical Properties of FluidsBuoyancy, Archimedes' Principle and Laws of Floatation
Difficult$A$ vessel contains oil (density = $0.8 \; g/cm^3$) over mercury (density = $13.6 \; g/cm^3$). $A$ homogeneous sphere floats with half of its volume immersed in mercury and the other half in oil. The density of the material of the sphere in $g/cm^3$ is:
- A$3.3$
- B$6.4$
- C$7.2$
- D$12.8$
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