A small ferryboat is 4.00 m wide and 6.00 m long. When a loaded truck pulls onto it, the boat sinks an additional 4.00 cm into the river. What is the weight of the truck?

Weight of the truck=9408 N

Step-by-step explanation:

Boat is experiencing the buoyant force as it is in the water and is sinking

According to the force balance in y direction. As both is floating, two forces balance each other:

where:

is the buoyant force

is the weight=mg

       Eq (1)

Buoyant force is equal to the mass of water displaced * gravitational acceleration.

Taking density of water to be 1000 Kg/m^3

From Eq(1):

Weight of the truck=9408 N

y/x=18

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