Answer to Question #102717 in Molecular Physics | Thermodynamics for bill

Question

A metal bowl with a weight of 1.65 N is placed in a larger kitchen container filled with coconut oil. How much coconut oil must the bowl displace in order to float? For reference, the mass density of coconut oil is about 903 g/liter and its weight density is about 8.85 N/liter

Answer 1

Archimedes force F_A is numerically equal to gravity mg

$F_A=mg=\rho Vg (1)$

Where mg is a weight, $\rho$ is the the mass density of coconut oil, V is the volume

Using (1) we get

$V=\frac{mg}{\rho g} (2)$

V=0.19 L

Answer

0.19 L