Floating Objects Oscillations
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A cylindrical object with a diameter of 20 𝑐𝑚 and length of 3 𝑚 floats in water with 2 𝑚 of it submerged. Assume that the positive direction is up. Ignore the drag of water slowing the movement and the mass of the water moving the object. (For parts b, c & d below, make sure that the vertical and horizontal scales have proper numbers)
a. What is the mass of the object?
b. A person pushes the object vertically down by 15 𝑐𝑚 and let it go.
Draw the displacement of the object as a function of time.
c. Draw the velocity of the object as a function of time.
d. Draw the acceleration of the object as a function of time.
