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A body weighs 200 g in air and 100 g in water Find its density

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Answer:

2 gm/cm^3

Step-by-step explanation:

The body is buoyed up by the amount of water is displaces

100 g is 100 cm^3 of water <===== this is the volume of the body

Density = mass/volume = 200 g / 100 cm^3 = 2 gm/ cm^3

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