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A 4.5-kg block of material floats on ethanol with 10 percent of its volume above the liquid surface. What fraction of the volume of this block will be submerged if it is floated on water?
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- The mass of the block is
- The block floats in ethanol with of the volume above the surface, thus, is submerged.
- The density of the water is and the density of ethanol is
- Our goal is to find the fraction of the volume that is submerged when the block floats in the water.
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