Physics · Fluid Mechanics

JEE Main 2026 — 2 April, Morning Shift — Question 19

A tube is filled with water and a wooden cube 10cm×10cm×10cm10\mathrm{cm}\times 10\mathrm{cm}\times 10\mathrm{cm} is placed in the water. The wooden cube is found to float on the water with a part of it submerged in water. When a metal coin is placed on the wooden cube, the submerged part is increased by 3.87cm3.87\mathrm{cm} . The mass of the metal coin is gram. (Take water density as 1g/cm31\mathrm{g / cm}^3 and density of wood as 0.4g/cm30.4\mathrm{g / cm}^3)

Answer: 387

Numerical answer — enter this value.

Step-by-step solution

Weight of coin = additional upthrust = ρ_water * (additional submerged volume) * g = 1 * (3.87 * 10^2) = 387 g

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Exam
JEE Main 2026
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Fluid Mechanics
Topic
Variation of Static Pressure Inside a Liquid
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