The bottom of a flat-bottomed aluminum boat has an area of 4.20 m2 and the boat's mass is 63.0 kg. When set afloat in water, how far below the water surface is the boat bottom? (water density = 1.00 × 10^3 kg/m3)

a. 15.0 m
b. 0.0150 m
c. 0.115 m
d. 0.265 m
e. 0.0250 m


b

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