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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 :

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60 Kg
72 Kg
12 Kg
128 kg

Solution :According to law of FLOATATION,
WEIGHT of man = wt. of extra water displaced by the boat
mg=V.pg
`thereforemg=(3xx2xx1/100)xx10^(3)xxg`
`rArrm=60kg`
Hence the CORRECT choice is (a).


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