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General Aptitude
8.1 Volume and Surface Area - General Questions

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Q.

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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Correct choice: B

Explanation:

Volume of water displaced = (3 x 2 x 0.01) m3
  = 0.06 m3.
∴ Mass of man = Volume of water displaced x Density of water
  = (0.06 x 1000) kg
  = 60 kg.
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