Help with Thermodynamics assignment

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A level 3 engineering diploma student is seeking assistance with a thermodynamics assignment, particularly struggling with questions 2, 4, 6, and 7. They have successfully calculated question 1, determining the need for 7.3 icebergs per year and a volume of 7.3 x 10^3. The student feels unprepared due to a lack of resources and prior knowledge for the remaining questions. A forum member encourages the student to share their work on the questions for more effective guidance. Help is contingent on demonstrating the effort already put into the assignment.
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Summary: Scenario of towing an iceberg from Antarctica to a desert country. Need Help with 2 or 3 questions
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Energy= Power x Time, Speed= distance/time. None of us are sure of what other equations to use. We think it is pure maths/physics knowledge.
Hi, I am doing a level 3 engineering diploma, myself and the rest of my class are struggling to answer most of the questions on the attached assignment paper particularly questions 2, 4, and 6 and 7. I have worked out q1 to be 7.3 icebergs per year needed and 7.3 x 10^3 volume needed. Most of the other questions we do not have the resources or the prior knowledge to calculate. Q3 and 5 are written theoretical questions which I can do myself. Any help on any of the questions would be greatly appreciated by all of us.

Connor.
 

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Welcome to the PF. :smile:

Please show us the work you have done on the questions so far. Which one specifically do you want help first with? Show us how far you've gotten on it, and we can offer some hints. We can't help you until you show us your work (that's in the PF rules). Thanks.
 
The book claims the answer is that all the magnitudes are the same because "the gravitational force on the penguin is the same". I'm having trouble understanding this. I thought the buoyant force was equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. Weight depends on mass which depends on density. Therefore, due to the differing densities the buoyant force will be different in each case? Is this incorrect?

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