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1990, problem 3

sketch of a polar bear on a flat-topped iceberg, the top of which is even with sea levelA polar bear, of mass 1250 kg, sits at rest on a flat-topped chunk of ice floating as shown (right) with its top at water level (bearly submerged??). The density of the ice is 925 kg/m3 and of the water is 1030 kg/3. (It is salt water, silly!)
Calculate the mass of the chunk of ice.
(Answer in kg)

(a) 41, 700

(b) 27, 200

(c) 15, 400

(d) 11,000

(e) 9, 600