JEE Main 2026 Physics question
A tub is filled with water and a wooden cube 10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm is placed in the water. The wooden cube is found to float on the water with a part of it submerged in water. When a metal coin is placed on the wooden cube, the submerged part is increased by 3.87 cm. The mass of the metal coin is gram. (Take water density as 1 g/cm³ and density of wood as 0.4 g/cm³)
Answer: 387
Solution
The extra buoyancy equals the coin's weight: m = ρ_w × (10 × 10 × 3.87) cm³ × 1 g/cm³ = 387 g.