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Q1. The load water plane of a ship 120 m long, floating In Sea water of density 1025 kg/m³, is defined by the half ordinates given in Table Q1:

The following particulars are obtained from the ship's hydrostatic curves:

displacement = 8450 tonne

centre of buoyancy above the keel (KB) = 3.21 m

moment to change trim by one centimetre (MCT lcm) = 101.5 tm

Calculate EACH of the following:

(a) the position of the longitudinal centre Of flotation (LCF) from midships; (6)

(b) the second moment of area of the waterptane about a transverse axis through the centroid; (6)

(c) the height Of the ship's centre Of gravity above the keel (KG). (4)