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Homework Statement
A block is suspended from a scale and then lowered into a bucket of water. The density of the water is 1 gm/cm3. The initial reading on the scale is 19N and one complete revolution of the scale is a change of 10N. (The block is completely submerged after one complete revolution)
What is the mass of the the water displaced by the block? What is the volume of the block? What is the density of the block?
Homework Equations
Magnitude of buoyant force = weight of displaced fluid.
The mass density is the mas of the substance divided by its volume.
The Attempt at a Solution
I found the mass of the block when completely submerged in water to be .92kg by [(Initial reading-final reading)/gravity]=[(19N-10N)/9.8]
I'm not sure how to use this information to go about finding the mass of the water displaced by the block.