Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics in ME
A piece of metal of specific gravity 13.6 is placed in mercury of specific gravity 13.6, what fraction of it volume is under mercury?

The metal piece will be immersed in mercury by half
Metal piece will sink to the bottom
Whole of the metal piece will be immersed with its top surface just at mercury level
The metal piece will simply float over the mercury

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Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics in ME
The conditions for the stable equilibrium of a floating body are

a righting couple should be formed
the center of buoyancy and the center of gravity must lie on the same vertical line
all the above are correct
the meta-center should lie above the center of gravity

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