Q.

A 400 g solid cube having an edge of length 10 cm floats in water. How much volume of the cube is outside the water (Given: density of water = 1000 kg m3)          [2025]

1 1400 cm3  
2 4000 cm3  
3 400 cm3  
4 600 cm3  

Ans.

(4)

Volume of cube inside water

Vcube, in=(Density of cubeDensity of water)×Volume of cube

                     =Mass of cubeDensity of water=400 gm1 gm/cm3=400 cm3

Volume of cube outside water

Vcube, out = Volume of cube – Volume of cube inside water

                       = 1000 cm3 – 400 cm3 = 600 cm3