Cletus Crotts: The boat will sink in far enough that the volume of water pushed out of the way has a mass the same as the boat and load. So the water that was in the space the boat is now taking must have a mass of 1000kg.It turns out that the density of water is such that 1 cubic meter of water has a mass of 1000 kg. So the boat needs to displace 1 m^3 of water. The area of the bottom of the boat is lengthXwidth. The depth that it has to sink is such that lengthXwidthXdepth must equal 1 m^3....Show more
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