Friday, October 2, 2015

homework and exercises - What depth should water be filled to in a cylinder flask to make it the most stable


As said in title, a cylinder flask with a mass of 100g and radius of 3 has a center of balence 10cm above the base. Assuming negligible wall thickness, to what depth should water be added to this flask to make it the most stable.


The question doesn't give any other information and I'm at a loss of how to approach this question. Any help or tips in the right direction would be great




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