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Fluid statics
Question

A hemispherical bowl just floats without sinking in a liquid of density 1.2×103 kg/m3. If outer diameter and the density of the bowl are 1 m and 2 x 104 kg/m3respectively, then the inner diameter of the bowl will be

Moderate
Solution

Weight of the bowl = mg

   = Vρg = 43π[(D2)3-(d2)3]ρg

Where D = outer diamter,

          d = Inner diameter

           ρ = Density of bowl

Weight of the liquid displaced by the bowl

      = Vσg = 43π(D23)σg

where σ is the density of the liquid.

For the flotation

43π(D2)3σg = 43π[(D2)3-(d2)3]ρg

(12)3×1.2×103 = [(12)3-(d2)3]2×104

By solving we get d = 0.98 m.

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