A wooden block with a coin placed on its top, floats in water as shown in figure.
The distance l and h are shown in the figure. After some time the coin falls into the water. Then
A
h decreases
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B
l decreases
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C
h increases
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D
l increases
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Solution
The correct option is B
l decreases
(a) When coin falls into water, block rises up since total weight i.e. block and coin decreases and upthrust remains almost same as the volume displaced by coin is comparatively small and therefore l decreases (b) When the coin falls in water, volume of water displaced by coin is equal to the volume of coin V1(say).
When coin is at the top of wooden block, it displaces volume of water V2,
Which is more than V1, because weight of coin = weight of volume of water displaced by coin
or ρcV1g=ρ1V2g