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A homerun ball flies over the right field wall at AT&T; Park in San Francisco an

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Question

A homerun ball flies over the right field wall at AT&T; Park in San Francisco and lands in the bay (baseball m = 145 g, diameter = 74 mm). What percentage of the ball will be submerged if the density of salt water is 1025 kg/m^3, and how much water will the ball be displacing (in m^3) when it settles into floating? An 85 kg kayaker is out in the bay in his 22.5 kg kayak. How much water (in m^3) does his boat displace to float itself and the kayaker? If the kayaker picks up the ball, how much additional water (in m^3) will his kayak have to displace due to the ball? Using your results from A & C, did the level of the ocean rise, fall, or stay the same when the kayaker picked the baseball out of the water?

Explanation / Answer

Here ,

mass , m = 0.145 Kg

A) let the volume inside the water is Vin

0.145 * 9.8 = Vin * 1025 * g

Vin = 1.412 *10^-4 m^3

the water displaced by water is 1.412 *10^-4 m^3

percentage of water inside = (1.412 *10^-4) * 100/((4/3) * pi * (0.074/2)^3)

percentage of water inside = 66.55 %

the percentage of water inside is 66.55 %

B)
let the water displaced is V2

using Archimedes principle

V2 * 1025 * g = (85 + 22.5) * g

V2 = 0.105 m^3

the water displaced by the kayak is 0.105 m^3

C)

additional water displaced = water displaced by the ball

additional water displaced = 1.412 *10^-4 m^3

d)

as the answer to part A and C will be same.

the ocean will stay the same

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