1. A cubical block of wood of side 0.5 m floats in water. Given that the densities of wood and water are 800 kg/m^3 and 1000 kg/m^3 respectively, calculate :
a) the weight of the block,
b) the weight of water displaced by the block,
c) the depth of the block immersed in water.
2. An object of mass 100 kg is tied to the bottom of a pond with a light chain. If the tension in the chain is 200 N, what is the mass of water displaced by the object ?
3. Determine the pressure at the bottom of an open tank if it contains layers of 10 cm of oil, 30 cm of water and 5 cm of mercury. Given that the densities of oil, water and mercury are 850 kg/m^3 , 1000 kg/m^3 and 13600 kg/m^3 respectively.
4. The density of a cubical metal box is 3500 kg/m^3 . If the side of the box is 1 m, determine its apparent weight when it is completely immersed in water of density 1000 kg/m^3.