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Homework Statement
The oil drum floats in such a way that one circular end is always directly up. The total mass of drum is 200 kilograms. The drum has a cross-sectional area of 0.4 m2, and the North Sea is level.
What is the draft (the distance from the surface to the deepest point of the barrel at equilibrium) of the barrel?
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
I can't begin to solve it because I have no idea how to begin.
I could use a good initial starting position because I am completely clueless about this problem