Finding the volume of a floating rubber ball from its buoyancy

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Twenty per cent (20%) of a rubber ball is floating above the surface of a pool of water. If water has a density of 1000 kg/m^3 and the ball has a mass of 3 kilograms, what is the volume of the ball?
 

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