A piece of soft wood floats in water with half of its volume submerged. If it is placed in mercury which has a density about 13.6 times that of water, it will float ________ (higher, lower, the same) compared with floating in water.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


higher

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Constant Acceleration Kinematics: A car starts from rest and accelerates at a steady 6.00 m/s2. How far does it travel in the first 3.00 s?

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A. 8.6 W B. 7.8 W C. 7.1 W D. 9.3 W E. 1.8 W

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When a chocolate bar is cut in half, its density of each half is

A) halved. B) unchanged. C) doubled.

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