A wooden plank (sp.gr 0.5) 1 m × 1 m × 0.5 m floats is water with 1.5 kN load on it with 1 m × 1 m surface horizontal. The depth of plank lying below water surface shall be:

A wooden plank (sp.gr 0.5) 1 m × 1 m × 0.5 m floats is water with 1.

1.	A wooden plank (sp.gr 0.5) 1 m × 1 m × 0.5 m floats is water with 1.5 kN load on it with 1 m × 1 m surface horizontal. The depth of plank lying below water surface shall be:
A.	0.178 m
B.	0.250 m
C.	0.403 m
D.	0.500 m
Answer» D. 0.500 m

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