High School

A rectangular box is 4.00 m wide, 8.00 m long, and 3.00 m deep. How many cubic meters of water will it displace if the top stays 1.00 m above the water?

Answer :

Final answer:

The box with a width of 4.00 m, length of 8.00 m, and a depth of 3.00 m will displace 64.00 cubic meters of water when it is submerged so that the top stays 1.00 m above the water surface.

Explanation:

To calculate the amount of water a rectangular box will displace, we need to determine its submerged volume.

According to the dimensions provided, the box is 4.00 m wide, 8.00 m long, and as the top stays 1.00 m above the water, only 2.00 m of its depth is submerged.

Therefore, the volume of the displaced water can be calculated by multiplying the dimensions of the submerged part of the box.


V = width × length × submerged depth

V = 4.00 m × 8.00 m × 2.00 m

V = 64.00 cubic meters

This is the volume of water the box will displace when submerged up to 1.00 m from the top.