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Find the relative density of wood. Explain the process.

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To find Relative density of wood, we can take a uniform area block of wood and make it float on water & find the volume of block inside warer, then
Relative density = $\frac{V o l u m e o f b l o c k i n s i d e w a t e r}{T o t a l v o l u m e o f b l o c k}$

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