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A Hollow Spherical Body of Inner and Outer Radii 6 Cm and 8 Cm Respectively Floats Half-submerged in Water. Find the Density of the Material of the Sphere. - Physics

Short Note

A hollow spherical body of inner and outer radii 6 cm and 8 cm respectively floats half-submerged in water. Find the density of the material of the sphere.

Solution

Given:
Inner radius of the hollow spherical body, r1 = 6 cm
Outer radius of the hollow spherical body, r2 = 8 cm
Let the density of the material of the sphere be ρ and the volume of the water displaced by the hollow sphere be V.

If  rho _w  is the density of water, then:

$\text{Weight of the liquid displaced }= \left( \frac{\text{V}}{2} \right)( \rho_\text{w} ) \times \text{g}$

$\text{ We know }:$

$\text{ Upward thrust = Weight of the liquid displaced }$

$\therefore \left( \frac{4}{3}\pi r_3^2 - \frac{4}{3}\pi r_1^3 \right)\rho = \left( \frac{1}{2} \right)\frac{4}{3}\pi r_2^3 \times \rho_\text{w}$

$\Rightarrow \left( r_2^3 - r_1^3 \right) \times \rho = \left( \frac{1}{2} \right) r_2^3 \times 1$

$\Rightarrow (8 )^3 - (6 )^3 \times \rho = \left( \frac{1}{2} \right)(8 )^3 \times 1$

$\Rightarrow \rho = \frac{512}{2 \times (512 - 216)}$

$= \frac{512}{2 \times 296}=0.865 \text{ gm/cc =865kg/m}^3$

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HC Verma Class 11, 12 Concepts of Physics 1
Chapter 13 Fluid Mechanics
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