Q9 (10 Marks) General 🔥 Repeated 11x in exams
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(a) Explain why the draught of a ship decreases when it passes from fresh water to sea water and vice versa (6)

(b) A lock gate which is 15 m wide has salt water on one side to a depth of 8 m and fresh water on the other side to a depth of 9 m. Find the resultant thrust on the lock gate and state on which side of the gate it acts (10)

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