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A piece of alloy has a mass 240g in air....

A piece of alloy has a mass 240g in air. When immersed in water, it has an apparent weight of 1.83N and in oil has an apparent weight `2.10N`. Calculate the specific gravity of (a) metal and (b) oil.

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