Subject: CE04

Type: Assignment No 3
Due: November 06, 2023 11:59:59.99 PM

Instructions:

1. Solve the problems attached.

2. Do not round off intermediate values.
3. Show your handwritten solutions.
4. Final answers should be rounded off to two decimal places only.
5. Scan your solutions and drawings and compile it to pdf format.
6. Rename pdf file as follows:
CE04_AN3_Surname_ RTUStudentNoWithOutDash.pdf
Example: Student No: 2013-100550
Name: Michael Magbitang
File name should be renamed as,
CE04_AN3_Magbitang_2013100550.pdf

7. Type your answers, upload, and submit the pdf file in link below:
https://tinyurl.com/BSCETransmittalForm (Input CE04-AN3 on type)
8. You will receive a copy of your responses.
9. Please be careful in submitting your answers. Manual corrections of your answer after submission are not allowed. You
may resubmit multiple times but only the latest submission will be considered. If the latest re-submission falls after the
deadline, it will not be considered.
10. Deadline of submission is on November 06, 2023, 11:59:59.99 PM

Problem Solving:
1. A solid block, of specific gravity 0.9, floats such that 75 percent of its volume is in water and 25 percent of its
volume is in fluid X , which is layered above the water. What is the specific gravity of fluid X ?

2. The can in the figure floats in the position shown. What is its weight in N?

3. It is said that Archimedes discovered the buoyancy laws when asked by King Hiero of Syracuse to
determine whether his new crown was pure gold (SG = 19.3). Archimedes measured the weight of the
crown in air to be 11.8 N and its weight in water to be 10.9 N. Was it pure gold?
4. A spherical helium balloon has a total mass of 3 kg. It settles in a calm standard atmosphere at an altitude
of 5500 m. Estimate the diameter of the balloon.