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Gas cylinder. Submerged volume at 9.2 m³. Water displaced 9200 kg, Safe displacement 4500 kg. Currently water displaced is over by 4700 kg.TUNINGSAFE DISPLACEMENT9200 kg9.2 M³WATER DISPLACED
t = 0.0s

Water displaced

9200kg

Safe displacement

4500kg

9.2 m³

Gas cylinder. Submerged volume at 9.2 m³. Water displaced 9200 kg, Safe displacement 4500 kg. Currently water displaced is over by 4700 kg.

What has to balanceρ=mV\rho = \frac{m}{V}

What is happening

You arrive at a river ferry being loaded to a painted safety line.

The loading crew cannot agree how much of the hull goes under water. It displaces water at 1 000 kg per cubic metre, and the safe displacement is 4 500 kg.