Specific gravity is a ratio of a material's density to that of the density of water. Density units can be in any system or scale, but when dividing one unit by itself, the number becomes dimensionless. 

Using density equation:

For a sphere:

If diameter is , then radius is .

Converting to and plugging in values:

This is less than the density of water, so it will float.

In this question, we're presented with a scenario in which an object of a given density is floating in water. Based on the information given, we're asked to solve for the volume of the object that is above the surface of the water while floating.

To begin, it is useful if we consider a free-body diagram of the object floating on water. In such a diagram, we need not concern ourselves with the horizontal forces, since these will cancel each other out. However, the vertical forces will provide us with the information we need.

Acting in the downward direction, we have the weight of the object, . In the upward direction, we have the buoyant force caused by the displacement of water by the object. This upward buoyant force is equivalent to . Thus, we can write an equation for the vertical forces.

Furthermore, recall that the object is floating. Since it is floating, we know that it is not accelerating in any direction, and thus the net force on it must be zero. Thus, we can set the above expression equal to zero.

Next, we can rearrange the equation to obtain the following:

Next, it's important for us to recognize that we can rewrite the expression for the mass of the object. Since density is equal to mass divided by volume, we can rearrange this in terms of density and volume as follows:

We can then make one final rearrangement

Now let's think about this for a moment. The volume of water that has been displaced by the object is also the volume of the object that is submerged in the water. Thus, the  term shown above gives us the fraction of the object that is under the water. Therefore, the remaining fraction of the object must be the portion of it that is above the water. If we take  as representing the entire volume of the object, we can solve for the fraction of the object that is above the water like so:

Thus,  of the object's volume is above the water.

We can start with Newton's 2nd law for this problem:

Upon release, we only have two forces, gravity and buoyancy:

Since the ball is accelerating upward, let's designate an upward force as positive. Then, the first expression becomes:

Now we need to determine the mass of water displaced. To do this, we will need to choose an arbitrary volume for the sphere. To keep things simple, let's just make it .

Therefore we can say:

Substituting this into our last expression, we get:

Rearranging for density:

We have values for each of these except for the mass of water displaced. Since the ball has a volume of , we know that  of water is also displaced. Then we can say:

Now plugging in values to the density expression, we get:

We know that the weight of the object in the air is . This means that the buoyant force will be  subtracted by the cube's weight in water (). This gives us a buoyant force of .

The ratio of the weight of the object to the buoyant force in water will give us the specific gravity of the cube in the following equation:

Therefore the correct answer is 

Since the block is submerged by  percent we know that it has a density that is  percent that of water. We know that the density of water is  so  percent of that will give us the answer of:

Equation of density is  so multiplying the volume by three would decrease the density by .

Archimedes' Principle states: When a body is completely or partially immersed in a fluid, the fluid exerts an upward force on the body equal to the weight of fluid displaced by the body. Thus, the buoyant force is dependent on the density of the liquid and volume of the immersed object, regardless of the object's mass or surface area. 

We can use Archimedes's Principle to solve this problem which states that the upward buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid that the object displaces. Therefore, if an object is floating, the upward buoyant force is equal to the weight of the object. So, let's begin by calculating that. We are given the radius of the object and told that it is a sphere. Therefore, we can use the expression for the volume of a sphere:

Now multiplying this by the density, we get:

This is also going to be the mass of the water displaced. We can therefore calculate the volume of water displaced:

To answer this question, we'll need to consider the object submerged under water, and then use a force diagram in order to see which forces are acting on it.

The forces that are relevant to this question are the vertical forces, or those acting in the y-direction. Pointing down, we have the force due to gravity, which is the object's weight. Pointing upward is the bouyant force.

Next, we can expand each of the variables in the above expression.

Note that the depth in which the object was submerged is extraneous information.