A wooden cube of side 10 cm floats in water. When a metal coin is placed on top of the cube, the submerged depth of the cube increases by 3.87 cm. Taking the density of water as 1 g·cm⁻³, find the mass of the coin in grams.

Physics · Fluid Mechanics · pascal law and buoyant force

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A wooden cube of side 10 cm floats in water. When a metal coin is placed on top of the cube, the submerged depth of the cube increases by 3.87 cm. Taking the density of water as 1 g·cm⁻³, find the mass of the coin in grams.