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A rock is found to weigh w in air when s...

A rock is found to weigh `w` in air when suspended from a spring scale. When completely submerged in water while attached to the spring scale, it weighs `w_("submerged")` as shown in Fig. Find the density of the rock `rho_("rock")` in terms of Rock the scale reading and the density of water

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