An iron ball is suspended by a thread of negligible mass beneath a floting cylinder. The cylinder has a height of 6.0 cm, a top surface area of 12.0 cm2 and a density of 0.3 g/cm3. If the cylinder is submerged by 2.0 cm what is the radius of the iron ball?

Hydrostatic equilibrium and Archimedes' principle (PhysCasts)

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