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An ice floe is floating in the sea. The part which is above the water is a prism of height `0.5 m`. A `200 kg` seal climbs onto the floe, which sinks `5cm` deeper into the water. How many seals, which have the same mass, can the floe hold without sinking totally into the water ?

A

`10`

B

`20`

C

`30`

D

`40`

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Prism has constant area of cross-section and its volume is area of base times height.
`((5)/(100))xxAg=200g`
`(0.5)Ag=n(200)g`
(`n=` number of seals to completely submerge the prism)
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