Q59 / 75 · JEE Main 2025 (28 Jan Shift 2) · Physics

A 400 g solid cube having an edge of length 10 cm floats in water. How much volume of the cube is outside the water ? (Given : density of water $=1000 \mathrm{~kg} \mathrm{~m}^{-3}$ )

  • A
    $1400 \mathrm{~cm}^3$
  • Correct answer
    B
    $600 \mathrm{~cm}^3$
  • C
    $4000 \mathrm{~cm}^3$
  • D
    $400 \mathrm{~cm}^3$

Solution

Volume of cube inside water $\begin{aligned} & =\left(\frac{\text { Denslty of cube }}{\text { Denslty of water }}\right) \times \text { Volume of cube } \\ & =\frac{\text { Mass of cube }}{\text { Denslty of water }} \\ & =\frac{400 \mathrm{gm}}{1 \mathrm{gm} / \mathrm{cm}^3} \\ & =400 \mathrm{~cm}^3 \end{aligned}$ Volume of cube outside water $\begin{aligned} & =\text { Volume of cube }- \text { Volume of cube inside water } \\ & =1000 \mathrm{~cm}^3-400 \mathrm{~cm}^3 \\ & =600 \mathrm{~cm}^3 \end{aligned}$

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'B'.

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