About one-third of the body of a person floating in the Dead Sea will be above the waterline. Assuming that the human body density0.98g/cm3is find the density of the water in the Dead Sea. (Why is it so much greater than 1.0g/cm3?

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The density of Dead Sea water is 1.5g/cm3.

The water of the dead is way saltier than the normal water. Therefore, the density of the water is high.

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01

Listing the given quantities.

The fraction of the body of a person floating in the Dead Sea is 13.

The density of the human body is,ρp=0.98g/cm3.

02

Understanding the Archimedes principle.

By using the fraction of the body, which is inside the water, we can find out the ratio of the volume of the seawater displaced by the submerged body
(Vs)to the total volume of the person’s body(Vρ). Then using Archimedes’ principle, we can find ρs.

Formula:

Fraction=1-VsVp

Fb=Msg

=ρsVsg

Fg=Mpg

=ρpVpg

03

(a) Calculation of density of Dead Sea water.

The fraction can be written as

Frac=Vp-VsVp

Frac=1-VsVp

13=1-VsVp

VsVp=1-13

VsVp=23

role="math" localid="1657552894793" Vs=23Vp(1)

Weight of the sea water displaced by the 13body.

Ws=Msg

Ws=ρsVsg(2)

Buoyant force acting on the 1/3 body of a person is,

Fb=Mpg

role="math" localid="1657553033464" Fb=ρpVpg(3)

According to Archimedes principle, we can equate equation (2)and(3)

ρsVsg=ρpVPg

ρs=ρpVpVs

Using equation (1),

ρs=ρpVp2Vp3

=ρp32

=0.98g/cm3x32

=1.47g/cm3

Therefore, the density of Dead Sea water is 1.5g/cm3.

The density of the dead sea water is much higher than the normal water. The dead sea is located in the region where temperature is quite high and rainfall is quite low. Therefore, the rate of evaporation in the region is quite high. As a result, the water of the dead is way saltier than the normal water. Therefore, the density of the water is high.

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