✔ 最佳答案
Volume of water displaced by the wood when it floats on water
= (3/5) x 20 cm^3 = 12 cm^3
hence, weight of water displaced = 12 x 1 gf = 12 gf (taking the density of water to be 1 g/cm^3)
By the Principle of Floatation, upthrust = weight of water displaced
thus, upthrust = 12 gf
Because upthrust = weight of wood
i.e. weight of wood = 12 gf = 0.012 kgf = 0.12 N (taking the acceleration due to gravity to be 10 m/s2)
Since mass of wood = 12 g,
density of wood = 12/20 g/cm^3 = 0.6 g/cm^3 = 600 kg/m^3