A wooden block floating in a bucket of water has 
of its volume submerged. When certain amount of an oil is poured into the bucket, it is found that the block is just under the oil surface with half of its volume under water and half in oil. The density of oil relative to that of water is:-
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situation
Here 
is volume of block
is submerged volume of block
is density of block
is density of water & Let 
is density of oil
Finally in equilibrium condition
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