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Homework Statement
A cylindrical log of uniform density and radius R=30.0cm floats so that the vertical distance from the water line to the top of the log is d = 12.0cm. What is the density of the log?
Homework Equations
Fbouyant=Wwaterdisplaced
ρwater * V displaced water = ρlog * Vlog
The Attempt at a Solution
I started off by making a FBD. Buoyant force going up, mg coming down. No acceleration so I ended up getting to the second equation up above.
Solving for ρlog, I get
ρlog = ρwater * (Vdisplacedwater/Vlog) where Vdisplacedwater = ∏R2
I'm having trouble figuring out the volume of the displaced water. Since only part of the log is submerged, would the volume of the displaced water be the volume of the log that is submerged? And if so, how I would go about determining the ratio of the volumes?
I tried several things already to no avail. I tried taking the ratio of the radius of the log to the distance to the top of level (.12/.30) and used the answer of .4 to use into the R of Vdisplacewater but didn't get the answer.
I tried switching it and still got nothing. Some guidance in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. The answer is 858kg/m3.