A block of wood of mass 10.8 kg and density 4.42 x 102 kg/m3,floats on water. (a) What is the minimum amount of aluminum(density 2.70 x 103 kg/m3) that can be placed on top of the woodblock and cause the block of wood and the aluminum to sink? (b) Ifinstead it was a block of ice of mass 10.8 kg and density 8.90 x102 kg/m3. What is the minimum amount of aluminum that can beplaced on top of the ice block and cause the block of ice and thealuminum to sink? This question has been posted several times butthey all have a different answer with little feedback.
