A solid cylinder of diameter 4.5 has a height of 2.5 metres. Find the meta-centric height of the cylinder when it is floating in water with its axis vertical. The sp. gr. of the cylinder=0.45.
(a) 1.9 m
(b) 3.8 m
(c) 5.7 m
(d) .95 m
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This key question is from Metacentre and Metacentric Height topic in portion Buoyancy and Floatation of Fluid Mechanics