Aptitude - Volume and Surface Area - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Volume and Surface Area - General Questions (Q.No. 6)
6.
A boat having a length 3 m and breadth 2 m is floating on a lake. The boat sinks by 1 cm when a man gets on it. The mass of the man is:
Answer: Option
Explanation:
| Volume of water displaced | = (3 x 2 x 0.01) m3 |
| = 0.06 m3. |
 Mass of man |
= Volume of water displaced x Density of water |
| = (0.06 x 1000) kg | |
| = 60 kg. |
Discussion:
33 comments Page 4 of 4.
Kapil said:
8 years ago
Why not the mass is 72kg?
Suraj said:
1 decade ago
From where 0. 01 comes?
Harsha said:
7 years ago
@skd.
1cm = 0.01m.
1cm = 0.01m.
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